Free City Parking for Motorcycles?
In an effort to ease car congestion within the Sydney CBD, the Sydney City Council has announced it will allow motorbikes and motor-scooters to park free of charge on streets that it controls.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore made the announcement as part of a proposal to encourage less fuel-hungry modes of travel. The term they used was environmentally friendly, but since many of these machines run smoky two-stroke engines, it remains to be seen what will happen to the pollution levels!
Some cynics have already warned the offer may be little more than an cheap election stunt. Who knows…
Anyhow, I think I’ll fire up my old Honda CX-500 motorcycle and head into the city to check things out for myself. Let’s see if there are more of the pitifully-few free parking spots for motorcycles. And, by the way, they have always been free in the past. There were just very few of the things. You had to know where they were and have your machine parked already by about 7:00 am, or there’d be no spaces left.
I’ll let you know if I see any significant difference today.
The real proof will be to see what happens after the elections, won’t it?