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Tuesday 17th February 2009
Westminster Motorcycle Parking Demonstration
Today over 500 bikers took park in the largest demonstration against the Westminster motorcycle parking charge to date.

Monday 26th January 2009
London Bus Lane Clarification
There has been some confusion about the use of bus lanes in London by motorcyclists, Motorcycleparking.com would like to advise all bikers that it is the Red Route bus lanes that are open to bikers during the 18 month trial period. It does NOT include bus lanes on borough roads. Decisions about these roads lie with the individual boroughs.

Tuesday 20th January 2009
Updated printable London overview page
Due to popular demand, we have updated the printable A5 version of our London motorcycle parking overview page. This page gives you a comprehensive guide to the motorcycle parking rules for each of the London boroughs and is the most up-to-date on the world wide web.

Monday 12th January 2009
Official petition to scrap the Westminster motorcycle parking charge
A petition to ask for the Westminster motorcycle charge to be scrapped has been set up on the government's epetition website. The deadline for signatures is 6 March 09.

Monday 5th January 2009
18 month trial of motorcycle use of London bus lanes starts
Please read the press release from the Motorcycle Action Group for the recommended bus lane code of practice will help ensure that the use of bus lanes by motorcycles is made permenant at the end of the trial period.

Wednesday 18th February 2009
Private parking spaces to rent
Want a guaranteed parking space at work? Parklet offer access to private parking spaces throughout the UK for rent on a rolling monthly contract.

Thursday 19th February 2009
British Motorcycle Federation (BMF) and Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) refute allegations that they support the Westminster motorcycle parking charge
BMF and MAG release letter sent to Westminster Council to clarify their opposition to the motorcycle parking charge.

Friday 20th February 2009
Motorcycleparking.com (MCP) statement
Motorcycleparking.com have just been made aware of a statement on the Westminster Council website which claims that, along with the British Motorcycle Federation (BMF) and the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), we too were part of the 'extensive dialogue' and 'consultation' about the introduction of the motorcycle parking charge. We would like to make it clear that our 'consultation' amounted to a handful of emails and one meeting during 2007 in which we pointed out that we felt that not enough bike

Thursday 26th February 2009
6 days later... Westminster finally change the wording of their website following requests from BMF, MAG and Motorcycleparking.com (MCP)
Following requests from BMF, MAG and MCP, Westminster Council have changed the wording on their website (see article below) to reflect the true extent of our involvement in the 'consultation' i.e. Limited!

Tuesday 27th October 2009
No to bike parking fees demonstration update
The next demo against the bike parking tax in Westminster will take place on Saturday 31st October (Halloween) . Visit the No to Bike Parking Fees website for more details.

Friday 13th March 2009
BMF Press release: Westminster City Council ? Not All Motorcyclists are Rogues
The British Motorcycle Federation (BMF) issue a press release in response to Councillor Chalkley's 'Rogue Motorcycle Protestors May Face Legal Action? statement.

Wednesday 1 April 2009
Westminster motorcycle parking charge demonstration exceeds all expectations
An estimated 4000+ bikers, over 3000 more than originally expected, rode to Westminster City Hall yesterday afternoon to protest against the Westminster motorcycle parking charges. Full details can be found on the Notobikeparkingfees.com website.