The City of Melbourne is moving to ban motorcycle & scooter footpath parking.

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Shame i just read this or i would have gone.

My appartment looks on to Little Lonsdale Street, Russel Street, Swanston Street, La Trobe street. I work on the corner of LaTrobe and Exhibition. There is an amazing amount of bikes parked in the city these days. I want to know where all those bikes are going to be parked instead. There are so many riders in the building I work in that if just those people used car spaces for the bikes in the same vacinity, it wouldnt take to long before there would be lots of irrate car drivers with no where to park.

I am actually partially with the Council on this one. Given I live surrounded by these streets and get to listen to horns and the like 24x7 I would be more than happy if the council banned all driving and parking in the city. Force people to park on the outskirts and public transport or walk in. Rip up some tar, plant some trees allowing only the likes of services vehicles, couriers and the like (that was just for you Tez) into the cbd unless of course you are a resident.

Now someone hand me my John Butler Trio cd, a peace pipe and stick me up a tree wrapped in chains.