Saturday, August 29, 2009

Thanks to work of activists, we can now park our motorcycles legally in Boston the way teachers like me instruct students in State MSF classes

Let's look forward to a more progressive Boston for all of the Right Reasons.

http://christopher-king.blogspot.com/2009/08/kingcast-and-tom-tinlin-announce-end-of.html

29 August 2009
KingCast and Tom Tinlin announce: The end of "No Angle Parking" tickets for Boston motorcyclists; more revisions to follow.

In the YouTube video above Mr. Tinlin made certain representations about his committment to reform on Motorcycle parking. In this post a couple of days ago I applauded the emergence of Cambridge-style bicycle lanes in Boston and asked whether "no angle parking" bans and other parking arrangements would be coming for motorcyclists soon.

In an after-hours telephone call yesterday evening (5:37 to be exact) Boston Transportation Commissioner Tom Tinline unequivocally answered:

"Yes."

He is going to order all ticket writing to cease on the no angle parking and told me that there will be designated motorcycle parking areas as well. That is a wonderful response from an earnest guy -- he's one of the only bureaucrats who can shoot you a peace sign when you ride past him and it doesn't come off like Nixon -- you know he really means it. I like Tom and I'm glad he's honoring his commitment to reform on these issues. Let's look forward to a more progressive Boston for all of the Right Reasons.


Thanks to supporter Chris King and others for getting this done!

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