On the Road Again!

After getting no replies the last time I tried to get a parking question answered... I get this almost immediately. Dear Mr Devall Thank you for your email. We do not have specific motorcycle parking spaces on street or in any of our public car parks as motorcycles are not prohibited from using normal parking spaces. All motorcycles can park for free in pay and display bays and permit holder parking places but they are still subject to the regulations that apply in time limited waiting bays and other classes of bay such as loading bays and disabled persons’ parking places. Regards Alan Lague Highways Engineer Shepway District Council Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent , CT20 2QY This looks pretty good but if I couldn't find this out by checking online and had to email a councillor, how are we supposed to know?

This is the letter I emailed to the cabinet members for parking at Shepway Council. Dear Mr Dearden, Last year I wrote to Shepway Council, using the form accessible from the website, to comment on the Parking Strategy. This was a mistake as I wasn't rewarded with a reply other than the automated response to say a communication had been received. The point I was trying to make was that the strategy ignores motorcycles and contains no mention of them at all. As a Shepway resident, council tax payer and motorcyclist I see this as a great oversight. In Hythe, where I live, until Sainsbury opened, and created a dedicated parking area, the only marked bays are two in the Prospect Road car-park by what is now Aldi and a small one in the Waitrose car-park. Sadly, the one at the end of Stade Street was removed when the Council decided to make the car-park “pay and display”; the motorcycle bay was removed to fit the machine! Are there any at all in Folkestone? There used ...

Try parking here? , originally uploaded by Devaldinho . Hythe is really poor for bike parking. In the car park on Prospect Road there are three spaces. This is by far the shittiest. You'd be lucky to get a moped in there and then you are at the mercy of the fool in the car! Plus the well positioned rubbish bin! The one behind it is another masterful piece of design. At least the hatching means that as you try and squeeze the bike in the square you can avoid being creamed by the car to the left. It is impossible to park parallel to the lines and get in the space. Just about parked in Hythe , originally uploaded by Devaldinho .