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Kate 19:26 on 2020-04-06 Permalink Reply  

• Kevin 20:38 on 2020-04-06 Permalink

  Yup.
  Call the cops and ask to give him a ticket. He should park on the road like a normal rider.

• Chris 21:02 on 2020-04-06 Permalink

  By “yup” I presume you mean “nope”. 🙂 I really don’t think parking them on the sidewalk is legal. I’ve found with covid most streets have more parking spaces available, I wonder why he’s doing that.

• Kevin 22:50 on 2020-04-06 Permalink

  Sorry, I misread it as “illegal” earlier.

  (I’d get my eyes checked but I can’t…)

  It’s common to see the electric bikes that look like motorcycles on the sidewalk.

  This rider is probably doing it because he’s worried about it being knocked over

• mudar 23:46 on 2020-04-06 Permalink

  It’s illegal to park on the sidewalk if the motorbike has a licence plate, which is why some electric ones can get away with it since they don’t have a plate.

• Kevin 09:16 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  Honda NC750X. Maybe he thinks it’s not a real motorcycle because it has an automatic transmission.
  Or maybe he’s parking on the sidewalk because it’s an “adventure” bike.

  Call the cops!

• Stephen 10:05 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  Leave a note on handlebar asking that they not park on sidewalk. Politely. If they don’t, it’s easy to push over a bike, which is a nightmare scenario for a biker, and will make them reassess their parking decisions in the future.
  /biker, back to lurking now.

• Kevin 11:21 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  Stephen,
  Knocking over a motorcycle is a dick move which can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage. Don’t do that. Don’t even recommend it.

  /a guy who had a motorcycle that could not be repaired after being knocked over by a terrible driver leaving a parking space.

• Kate 11:27 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  I don’t plan to knock it over, don’t worry. I haven’t decided about the cops. The thing is mostly a nuisance for people wanting to put out garbage, recycling or composting – that’s myself and other people in this building – and I guess for anyone hoping to get out of a vehicle parked on the street next to where it is, because it’s near the curb.

  Also, this time of year I’ve been inclined to sweep up the front of the building, pushing dead leaves, gravel and trash into the gutter for when the street sweeper passes, but this motorbike’s going to make that a little less convenient. (I’m not a janitor, but nobody else does it, and I have to live here, so I clear the snow and tidy up because I’m a grownup.)

  But this building has no driveway and no parking out back, so I can sort of see the bike owner’s logic, even if I’m not thrilled by it.

• Dhomas 13:36 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  I’d go the route of leaving a note. You’d have given fair warning before calling the police. It’s not only a nuisance for cleaning and recycling/trash/compost pickup, but it could really hamper someone with reduced mobility from traveling down the street.

  Also, on the topic of cleaning up our areas, I swept my driveway last week after taking down my car shelter (“Tempo”), and the pile I made is still in the street. Are the street sweepers still working during the lockdown?

• CE 14:03 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  I’ve seen that a few main streets have been swept but the city has said that the parking restrictions on side streets aren’t going into effect until May 1 (instead of April 1) so it looks like we’re stuck with the pebbles and winter garbage for at least another month.

• Chris 16:39 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  I too suggest leaving a note, and if he persists, then call the cops. Pedestrians have so little space, and motor vehicles so much, this encroachment is very anti-social. From your photo, he could literally park a metre away, in the street! wtf!

• Kate 19:30 on 2020-04-07 Permalink

  Ooh, thanks for making me think of that. As a non-driver (and thus non-parker) I hadn’t taken into account that street sweeping will be delayed along with the parking restrictions.

  Almost everyone around here has cleaned up their frontages into the street. I followed suit today, assuming street sweeping tomorrow. Oh well.