Speaking of Parking...

It's coming up on a year of having dedicated scooter parking in the Prince Street garage. The Parking Authority siad it would periodicly evaluate how it was working out. So let's take a look...

Here is a Honda Metro parked in the designated spots this morning. Along with my own, it was the only other scooter there. Meanwhile, over at Central Market...





There were 2 scooters parked with the bicycles: a Stella and another Met. So what does this tell us?

Either half of the the scooter riders don't know about the other parking, or they don't care and want to park as close to their destination as possible. I can understand that. One of the points to having a scooter is to not be bound by the parking restrictions of cars. Why volunteer to be bound to a single parking garage?

I also think that the requirment that scooters be registered with the Authority to park in the garage is a discouragement to those spaces being used. "Oh, look! Free parking! Oh, the sign says you need to register... I'd better go somewhere else before they ticket me." Why can't the spaces just be free, without having to register? If you want to put restrictions on it, just post the rules on a sign. That's enough to enforce them.