Automotive related newsitems

• • Council votes to consult on bus lanes

    • 18 Aug 2011
    • Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
    • Voting to consult on removing on-street motorcycle parks, car parks and loading zones on KENT TERRACE from MAJORIBANKS STREET TO EDGE HILL to be replaced with a Bus Priority Lane were: Mayor Wade-Brown, Councillors Ngaire Best, Stephanie Cook, Paul Eagle, Andy Foster, Justin Lester, Simon Marsh, Iona Pannett, Helene Ritchie.
    • Accepted from Back To The Future 175 months ago
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    • motorcycling
    • consultation
    • wellington-city-council
    • bus-lanes
    • parking
  
  

• • Wellington’s Parking Space Dilemma

    • 13 Jan 2011
    • Auckland Trains
    • Wellington City Council confirms it’s reviewing motorcycle parking spaces in the city “to more effectively manage public space in the CBD.
    • Tagged as:
    • motorcycling
    • wellington-city-council
    • parking
  
  

• • Wairarapa Police continue focus on motorcyclists

    • 5 Dec 2010
    • Wellington District Police
    • Wairarapa Police are extending November's Motorcycle Focus Month throughout the summer months, to...
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    • wairarapa
    • motorcycling
  
  

• • Pepperell says more motorcycle parks needed in Wellington

    • 4 Sep 2010
    • Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
    • Submitted by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • motorcycling
    • parking
  
  

• • Golden Mile – Manners Mall – bye bye Mercer St motorcycle park?

    • 14 Apr 2010
    • Scoot NZ
    • Submitted by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • consultation
    • parking
    • motorcycling
  
  

• • WCC parking update from Jon Visser

    • 1 Feb 2010
    • Scoot NZ
    • Happy New Year and I have some good news. I have just finished a meeting with our traffic engineers, who have agreed with the following proposed traffic resolutions (subject to public consultation & agreement by Councillors)
    • Tagged as:
    • parking
    • motorcycling
    • wellington-city-council
    • consultation
  
  

• • WCC traffic resolutions – additional motorcycle parks

    • 25 Jan 2010
    • Scoot NZ
    • WCC have put forward a number of traffic resolutions, submissions close 5th Feb 2010. Several include additional motorcycle parking. Link here Posted in Legislation & Bylaws, Local Govt Tagged: parking, Wellington, Wellington City Council
    • Tagged as:
    • parking
    • motorcycling
    • consultation
  
  

• • WCC propose removing the Mercer St motorcycle park

    • 23 Dec 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • If you had heard of the recent proposal to change Manners Mall from it’s current pedestrian only status to being a glorified bus lane – and weren’t very interested, think again. Buried in the details are a proposal to remove the current Mercer St motorcycle parking area.
    • Tagged as:
    • motorcycling
    • parking
    • manners-mall-bus-lane
  
  

• • Wellington parking update

    • 3 Dec 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • from Jon Visser of WCC: “I have confirmed with our parking contractor that: “For parking restrictions indicated with a blue & white sign, these restrictions only apply between the hours of 8am and 6pm unless the sign specifies a different time period or ‘at all times’. While the law now allows this to be enforced seven [...]
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    • parking
    • motorcycling
  
  
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    Wellington Motorcycle School 1957

    • 13 Oct 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • This film is from Archives New Zealand’s collection of twentieth century National Film Unit films. Date: 1957 Creator: National Film Unit Description: 16mm Black and White Print with Sound Archive… Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: 1950s, Video, Wellington
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    • motorcycling
  
  

• • WCC: Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking

    • 31 Aug 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • Campaign Against Illegal Motorcycle Parking31.08.09 Free parking for motorcycles and scooters hasn’t stopped riders from illegally parking on inner-city footpaths and roads and we’re about to get tough on offenders. Over the past year we have provided extra on-road parking spaces for about 100 motorcycles and scooters in the inner city, bringing the number [...]
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    • parking
    • motorcycling
  
  

• • Bus Lanes

    • 13 Aug 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • As of Feb 27th 2005 motorcyclists in New Zealand are permitted to use all bus lanes. However this does not apply to “Bus Only” sections of road as designated by the local council.Wellington The following are Bus Only sections of road (not available to motorcyclists): Lambton Quay from Panama St to Hunter St,Hunter St to Customhouse Quay,Customhouse [...]
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    • motorcycling
  
  

• • Wellington special ride Sunday 9th August

    • 8 Aug 2009
    • Scoot NZ
    • Meet outside Deluxe Cafe (Wellington Motorcycles, Kent Terrace) at 10:15am. Leave at 10:30am to ride to Caffe L’affare in College St for the Maranui Cafe fundraiser, then a ride around the bays via Maranui Cafe. Jess 021 10 595 10 Posted in Rides & Tours Tagged: Events, Wellington
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    Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Vespas at Te Papa, ‘Forever Vespa’ screening

    • 5 Dec 2008
    • Scoot NZ
    • Forever Vespa Photos taken on a November Sunday at the screening of “Forever Vespa” at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa. Link here Posted in Events Tagged: Wellington
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    • motorcycling
    • te-papa

    Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Wellington motorcycle parking

    • 28 Oct 2008
    • Scoot NZ
    • Wellington City Council’s Google map of motorcycle/scooter parking in Wellington CBD. Recent additional parking spots still need adding. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: parking, Wellington
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    • automotive
  
  

• • Stolen. Black Yamaha Jog.

    • 11 Sep 2008
    • Scoot NZ
    • Stolen. Black Yamaha Jog scooter 37YTK.Taken from Austin Street, near corner with Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria,Wellington sometime around September 1st to 5th. Distinguishing features:All down the left [95% sure it is the left] side are scratches.It has acracked orange front indicator light cover on the left side.And the brake lever on the left side is also [...]
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    • motorcycling
  
  

• • New motorcycle parking areas proposed in Wellington

    • 26 Jun 2008
    • Scoot NZ
    • Wellington City Council have just released a set of new Traffic Resolutions for consideration, which includes several new motorcycle parking areas. It adds up to a total of 54 metres. WCC Traffic resolutions. “Information:Council has received numerous requests to increase the availability of motorcycle parking in the CBD. Currently demand for on street motorcycle parking space exceeds [...]
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    • motorcycling
    • parking
  
  

• • Scooter racing – Wellington

    • 14 May 2008
    • Scoot NZ
    • Calendar and directions.
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    • motorcycling
  
  

• • Free motorcycle parks under review

    • 20 Apr 2007
    • Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
    • Alert! Alert! Wellington City Council has commenced a General Parking Review that includes free motorcycle parks. If you value your free motorcycle parks then now is the time to make your views known to Wellington City Council.
    • Tagged as:
    • parking
    • wellington-city-council
    • motorcycling