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Parking Lot Opens For Downtown Scooters
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008
By Denise Yost
Trimming expenses is the name of the game for a growing number of Central Ohioans, and with gas hovering near $4 a gallon, riding bicycles, motorcycles and scooters is growing in popularity.
Getting to work on two wheels is becoming so popular that downtown workers are finding it difficult to find a place to park. But parking your scooter will get easier beginning Wednesday.
The city will open its first scooter parking lot on Gay Street between Third and High.
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I was just up at Tip Top at noon. They were painting the lines for the one at the corner of gay and 3rd. It’s a single car sized space there, but the guy who was running the painter said they are putting like 9 of them in!
Sure enough I noticed there is the one at gay and 3rd, which could handle maybe 5 scooters angle parked parallel. There is also a similar sized space on pearl alley just off gay, and the long, thin strip in front of Amici, which could handle a bunch of bikes if they park parallel facing east.
The guy from the city doing the painting also pointed to some places to the east and said they were putting some up there too.
I’ll have to look at this PDF file waker linked and see what else it shows!
wow um i work on gay st right by the Scooter Parking lot lol LOT? lol more like a space with somw paint on it that says cars cant park there . but that has been there since they re constructed the road i think there just posting signs and saying you can park there lol
which is a major improvement since they will no longer write you a ticket for parking there outside of an “official metered parking space”
which reminds me I still owe the city $20 for the last ticket…
which is a major improvement since they will no longer write you a ticket for parking there outside of an “official metered parking space”
which reminds me I still owe the city $20 for the last ticket…
that it is however lol the cop that patrols gay st ( he is the same one everyday) will ticket you for anyreson so you never know lol
there were a line of about 20 bikes up pearl ally one day and all of them had tickets :(
Hooray!! This makes me incredibly happy.
We rode up to Tip Top last night and scoped out the spot. I think I must be missing something or the signs aren’t in their permanent spot (although they were both bolted to the concrete). The signs designating the area were only about 2 feet apart. There was a bigger area blocked off by cones that looked like it was painted or pseudo-sorta painted. Does anyone know if it will be that whole larger area or is it really just that two foot space? Hey, we fit one bike in the space, so that’s still something, but I’m just wondering if I’m missing more.
However, now that I recall, there was a fire hydrant in the midst of that coned-off area so I can’t imagine that any parking could be done there…
Please don’t call meter maids ‘cops’ and don’t feel a need to share when you are laughing out loud frequently, it just isn’t that funny lolroflmaolol.
Thank you!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BY BOBBY PIERCE
Scooter riders parking in Downtown alleys have gone from being scofflaws to socially conscious vanguards of a 21st-century city.
Mayor Michael B. Coleman announced the creation of 17 corrals for motorcycles and scooters Wednesday. Each can fit seven to nine vehicles, which can park there if they have a motor and two wheels.
The first six to eight parking areas will be ready within the week, said City Engineer Randy Bowman. City workers marked the first on Gay Street between Third and High streets Wednesday.
It will be free to park in these spaces for a year before the city starts charging scooter and motorcycle riders for a parking sticker. The cost will be determined later, but should be small, said Mike Brown, the mayor’s urban ventures coordinator.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
by Maria Gallucci
With everyone looking to spend less on gas, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman said today the city will increase efforts to accommodate alternative transportation in the Downtown area.
The Motorized Two-Wheel Vehicle Parking plan will provide better parking options for motorcycles, mopeds and motor scooters in the Short North, Downtown and Brewery District. The first location opened today outside 61 E. Gay St.
The proposal has two phases. In the first year, parking in the 15 possible corrals will be free as the city experiments with the system. In the second phase, corrals will charge a nominal fee to park. Revenue from the second phase will help with corral upkeep as the city plans future initiatives.
Under current city code, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds can park anywhere cars and trucks can park. The initiative aims to make two-wheel parking more space-efficient and easily accessible to drivers.
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However, now that I recall, there was a fire hydrant in the midst of that coned-off area so I can’t imagine that any parking could be done there…
It’s the space bounded by those two signs and then extending in the painted area into the street. You have the entire painted area as a “corral”. Granted it is a long, thin paralellagram, but if you do it right you can fit a bunch of bikes there parked parallel facing east.
There’s another corral in pearl st across gay from the top top, and another corral just east on gay from the tip top patio. Park facing OUT from the curb and we’ll be able to get 4-5 scooters (or 2 Harleys) parked parallel in those spaces.
In fact, i would love to photograph a bunch of bikes parked parallel there and send the photo up to the City with a think you note.
However, now that I recall, there was a fire hydrant in the midst of that coned-off area so I can’t imagine that any parking could be done there…
It’s the space bounded by those two signs and then extending in the painted area into the street. You have the entire painted area as a “corral”. Granted it is a long, thin paralellagram, but if you do it right you can fit a bunch of bikes there parked parallel facing east.
There’s another corral in pearl st across gay from the top top, and another corral just east on gay from the tip top patio. Park facing OUT from the curb and we’ll be able to get 4-5 scooters (or 2 Harleys) parked parallel in those spaces.
In fact, i would love to photograph a bunch of bikes parked parallel there and send the photo up to the City with a think you note.
Ok, I think I’m pickin’ up what you are throwin’ down.
I can see how you could get a few bikes stacked in there that way.
With the number of little “corrals” in that area, that should be pretty cool. It was nice to be able to see the bike from the patio too. It’s always nice to keep an eye on things. :)
It was a bit of a squeeze in there (especially because there were a bunch of cones to navigate around) but I suppose part of my problem was that I’m used to backing my bike up till the rear tire is against the curb, then putting it on the side stand. If these spaces require a different strategy, then so be it! Just keep in mind that over time, your kickstand can sink into hot asphalt, possibly causing an expensive spill & chain reaction. So keep a small plastic or metal disc with you to put under your stand.
I will have to practice parking my bike sideways with other bikes around. Crashing into someone else’s bike or scooter would be ultimate disastery!
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The electrical plate covers they sell at hardware stores for a few cents work very well for this.
“The mayor, who rode his bicycle to City Hall during Ride to Work Week in May, arrived at a news conference on Gay Street to introduce the parking areas in an eight-cylinder Mercury Grand Marquis.”
How dare the mayor preach to Columbus residents about changing their driving habits as he continues to ride around in a eight-cylinder, gas-guzzling, air-polluting Mercury Grand Marquis. And he considers himself the “green mayor? Perhaps this is just another example of “do as I say, not as I do.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BY BOBBY PIERCE
Scooter riders parking in Downtown alleys have gone from being scofflaws to socially conscious vanguards of a 21st-century city.
Mayor Michael B. Coleman announced the creation of 17 corrals for motorcycles and scooters Wednesday. Each can fit seven to nine vehicles, which can park there if they have a motor and two wheels.
The first six to eight parking areas will be ready within the week, said City Engineer Randy Bowman. City workers marked the first on Gay Street between Third and High streets Wednesday.
It will be free to park in these spaces for a year before the city starts charging scooter and motorcycle riders for a parking sticker. The cost will be determined later, but should be small, said Mike Brown, the mayor’s urban ventures coordinator.
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I suppose that was a pretty funny observation to slip into the article, especially when you read it in context.
How dare the mayor preach to Columbus residents about changing their driving habits as he continues to ride around in a eight-cylinder, gas-guzzling, air-polluting Mercury Grand Marquis. And he considers himself the “green mayor? Perhaps this is just another example of “do as I say, not as I do.
I didn’t know the mayor rides a motorcycle!!!???? he doesn’t. it isn’t for everyone and he isn’t telling people to ride motorcycles. he’s just making it more convienient for them to do so. he’s giving people what the want even if it doesn’t benefit him directly, this is what I’d like to see more of from our city leaders.
I would like to see leaders set an example by practicing what they preach.
How dare the mayor preach to Columbus residents about changing their driving habits as he continues to ride around in a eight-cylinder, gas-guzzling, air-polluting Mercury Grand Marquis. And he considers himself the “green mayor? Perhaps this is just another example of “do as I say, not as I do.
I didn’t know the mayor rides a motorcycle!!!???? he doesn’t. it isn’t for everyone and he isn’t telling people to ride motorcycles. he’s just making it more convienient for them to do so. he’s giving people what the want even if it doesn’t benefit him directly, this is what I’d like to see more of from our city leaders.
you aren’t going to find that and cannot expect that. more so, as citizens we wouldn’t even want that. it’s better to have a public servant that serves the needs of the people even when it isn’t in their own personal interest, instead of one who only serves their own personal agendas.