Baltimore parking agency: Motorcycles welcome
Some downtown Baltimore parking garages follow a no-motorcycles policy -- and some of them actually enforce it -- to the chagrin of local bikers. But city-owned garages are an exception, according to the Baltimore Parking Authority.
Tiffany James, special assistant to the executive director of the authority, said the city has no policy excluding motorcycles from its 15 garages. That's the good news for bikers. Tha bad is that James found at least one city-owned but privately managed garage with no-motorcycle signage, and it wasn't entirely clear whether other contract operators were barring bikes.
Motorcyclists are invited to click on the list of city-owned facilities and let Gettting There know whether they have encountered obstacles to parking at any of these garages. Please include an email or telephone number where you can be reached.
Comments
Motorcycles take up a lot less parking space. In downtown areas where traffic is heavy and parking is in short supply wouldn't it be wiser to encourage motorcycle or motor scooter commuting in order to relieve congestion.
I was once a motorcycle commuter in LA and San Francisco. Of the two cities, SF was definitely the more motorcycle friendly in downtown. Because parking is so difficult and expensive and traffic congestion so extreme n SF, motorcycles and scooters were allowed to park anywhere, even on sidewalks, because they take up so much less space on the streets than cars.
IMO, the main reason that there isn't more use of scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles in downtown areas is because of extreme bias favoring cars over any other mode of transportation. If downtown streets and parking were deliberately designed to favor non-automobile transportation there would be a lot more parking available and a lot less traffic - I guarantee it.
Posted by: Frank | May 14, 2010 9:44 AM
I don't understand why some parking garage don't accept motorcycles, to think that they are less consuming when it comes space. Im thinking, maybe they will gain more with cars versus motorcycles. I hope I'm wrong.
Posted by: John at BWI Parking | December 28, 2010 11:03 PM