NXEC have really fucked up with this issue over where to park Motorcycles. I've recently learnt that the main reason NXEC wanted to move the motorcycle parking away from the area that was ticketed was because they received a very small number of complaints (perhaps as many as 2) from people who park their cars in the north car park. I seems that a very small number of motorcyclists were riding at high speed down the footpath to exit the station from the north car park. Quite rightly NXEC felt this was unsafe. They also pointed out that most people who parked in this area also had to ride on the very wide footpath to aceess the area which they also felt was unsafe.

However, since the ticketing fiasco most people now seem to be parking their bikes in designated area in the south car park. To access this area we now have to cross a very small and restricted part of the footpath which people who parked their car in the sth car park are using continuously. It seems to me that crossing this small footpath on a motorbike is considerably more dangerous to pedestrians that it was when we were using the large wide footpath by the north gate.

In addition to the dangers posed to pedestrians, it's clear that there isn't enough space to acomodate all the motorcyles anymore. Consequently many people are being forced to park their bikes just outside the designated motorcycle parking area and I'll lay odds that NXEC will start ticketing these people in the not too distant future. I'll also lay odds that NXEC will start to charge for motorcycle parking just as soon as they think they can get away with it.

Fuck em.