Cough up to park in Westminster !

Westminster plan to charge for Motorbike parking

B'stards

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Whys it always Westminster council that does all this stuff first?

[Viney]

"We're planning to increase the number of spaces on the street, offstreet parking and security rails for bikes. We plan to do this over the next six months, but the charges will only be brought in when we have provided a considerable number of extra parking spaces."

They need to apply this thinking to public transport as well!

Shocking. Lucky i have a company car park to park in...dont know what going to happen when we move later this year

Plod already told us this when arguing the toss at Frith Street, a few weeks ago. Pretty outrageous really, but there's nothing we can do.

Could badly affect the sale of scooters I reckon (as rider/commuters' annual costs will be much higher, and the advantage far less), so not such a bad idea after all, then .


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Great, another way to keep my council tax down

It's pedal power for me then

[Viney]

Originally Posted by helen

It's pedal power for me then

Blimey its dragged Helen out, it must be serious

Originally Posted by helen

It's pedal power for me then

Donkey Power you mean

tbh i wouldn't object to paying towards bike parking if it meant that a) you could actually find parking b) you had individual bays marked so that your bike didn't get wedged in/scratched to bits and c) there was a rail to chain the bike to. What will P me off tho is if they charge and you don't get the above!!

Also £150/yr seems quite steep - we were paying £70/yr for residents parking on the car in Southfields and you don't have to be a genius to see that a car is quite a bit bigger than a bike.

And i really really hope that they don't come out with some rubbish about the fee only covering you in Westminster and not other boroughs...

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by RizlaSV

And i really really hope that they don't come out with some rubbish about the fee only covering you in Westminster and not other boroughs...

You can bet your bottom dollar they will. Each council only allows for its own area, go out of westminster and pay again to park in camden which is also partly in the zone. And how about our new zone friends in kensington&chelsea? They will want some money too if you choose to park in their part of the zone.

And as 1 of the replies on the article says, how/where are you supposed to display tickets on a bike?? Not exactly well thought out buy the powers that be is it. But then it never really is, is it?