Allowing motorcycles and scooters to park on some footpaths would overcome serious inner-city parking shortages, according to two City of Perth councillors. They say footpaths on many streets are wide enough to accommodate motorbikes, just as they do in parts of Melbourne and some overseas cities.

Footpath Parking in Melbourne

While the current parking options are limited to pretty much the single motorcycle & scooter parking on Mounts Bay Rd, the proposed change would allow parking of scooters & motorcycles on footpaths within the city as long as there is no obstruction to pedestrians, loading zones or alfesco dining areas.

Read the Article in The West here.

Read the article in the “The Perth Voice” here.

We are convinced in the interest of reducing congestion and increasing accessibility of the city centres, this is long overdue in Perth. It would be increasing quality of life for everyone to get to work or for a quick shopping trip to be able to park their motorcycle or scooter within reasons on several places in the CBD. We hope that other councils might follow this initiative if Perth is implementing it.

While we are looking into further ways to support this initiative, we encourage everyone to contact one of the Perth City councillors and let them know that this is actually a great thing to do.

A motion by Cr Jemma Green seconded by Cr Reece Harley will be put forward to the Council to explore parking possibilities for scooters & motorcycles within the next month.

What we can do now:

If you find a minute, please show your support to this motion by writing a short email to the councillors:

CR Jemma Green (jemma.green@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Reece Harley (reece.harley@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Director of Parking Rebecca Moore (rebecca.moore@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Or contact some of the other councillors:

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi (lord.mayor@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Deputy Lord Mayor James Limnios (james.limnios@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Janet Davidson (janet.davidson@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Jim Adamos (jim.adamos@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Lily Chen (lily.chen@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Judy McEvoy (judy.mcevoy@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

Cr Keith Young (Keith.Yong@cityofperth.wa.gov.au)

We will be looking into other initiatives together with other interest groups at the moment. If you have an idea or need some help writing a short email to the councillors, please don;t hesitate to contact fredy@acescooters.com.au.