[*BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome

[Silivrenion]

You've got it slightly wrong. Motorized light use vehicles are not supposed
to be on bike racks not because they take up space, but because they're
registered motor vehicles driving on a sidewalk, which is illegal.

In my locale, the local police told me to park on bike racks with my two
wheeled 125cc yamaha scooter. It's a little problematic, however, because
it's technically registered as a motorcycle, but light enough to carry away
if it isn't locked down. When I travel into Boston, I'll use street parking
as much as possible, but some neighborhoods that isn't possible.

It really depends on the motor scooter. 50cc models are not motorcycles, and
100/125/150cc scooters are either "motor scooters" or "motorcycles,"
depending on the state that it was manufactured in and what the factory
calls it on the title. Of course, this causes problems because motor
scooters are allowed to sidewalk park, but motorcycles aren't, and the rules
aren't clear about what's allowed and not.

Boston, and surrounding communities, need to repaint more parking spaces
into motorcycle/scooter/freight bicycle parking. Really, until there's a
clear distinction made between the two classes, all types of scooter-bodies
vehicles will keep ending up on bike racks and cause lots of confusion.

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Angela Morley
Founder & CEO, ionFyre Technologies
Computer Specialist, Salem State University Information Technology Services
General Manager, WMWM Salem



On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 1:49 PM, <thom3 at aol.com> wrote:

>  My understanding is that scooters et al  may a) park on the street or b)
> on the sidewalk as long as they don't impede pedestrian and handicap access.
> (this varies from town to town). The reasons vespas and scooters are not
> allowed to chain up at bike racks is because one scooter takes up a space
> that could accommodate 2 or more bikes and bikes really can't do a or b
> without a designated post.
>
> the idea I like the best is sort of what they did at the Otherside, take
> away car parking. It would work for scooters and vespas as well, you'd just
> have to segregate the two. Racks in the spot for bikes, street painted lines
> for scooters (and motorcycles?). For one car you could probably get at least
> dozen bikes and about 5 plus scooters (et al).
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Silivrenion <silivrenion at gmail.com>
> To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 1:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome
>
>  The obvious solution is more vespa and motorcycle type parking.
> - Angela Morley
> Sent from my mobile device. Spelling errors unintentional.
>
> On Aug 10, 2010 11:44 AM, <thom3 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  I would report the bike rack use to the appropriate agencies in the
> relative city. The really great rack bay across from Charlie's in Harvard SQ
> is constantly occupied by scooters and motorcycles. We need more facilities
> like this especially as meters in that area are going away (you buy a ticket
> at a kiosk dispenser and leave it in your window now).
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter <gh3451 at yahoo.com>
> To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriti...
> Sent: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 11:13 am
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Electro Bike....Re: Battered Biker Syndrome
>
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