As a Vespa rider, I was really excited to see this news... I can only hope that NYC follows Toronto's lead in innitiatives like this...
web linkTwo-wheeler riders no longer have to feed the meter:
Last updated Nov 14 2005 12:10 PM EST
CBC News
Motorcycles and scooters park free in Toronto. Who knew? Hardly anybody, it turns out.
Some parking enforcement officers kept right on ticketing the vehicles for not paying at meters after city council approved the exemption two weeks ago.
Council was swayed by arguments that motorized two-wheelers are easier on...
from our fortress on the hill
san francisco, CA
originally written april 24, 2001
it is our job to watch over the city
we hear everything.
a fog horn, a boat in the bay.
gunshots.
the j church line, rattling down the tracks.
sounds make their way up...