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 Secure
Parking Action Document
May 2002
MAG ACTION DOCUMENT
PDF version for printing available from:
http://www.mag-uk.org/act/2-may-2002.html
Overview
MAG would urge you to contact your local council/authority
asking them:
1. If they have received the leaflet?
2. If they have read the leaflet?
3. If they already provide secure parking?
4. If the answer is no to any of the questions will
the council/authority provide the secure parking in
Local Transport Plans that motorcyclists require.
5. Ask for a point of contact for transport strategy.
Details of responses will be passed on to MAG Regions
and Local Groups for onward action.
Option One
In your own words using the information below write
a letter to your local council/authority and send it
either via post or email
1. To contact your local authority/council by email
or post.
If you don't know the contact details follow the link
to
http://www.tagish.co.uk/tagish/links/
2. Enquire if they provide secure parking for motorcycles
thanking them if they have already taken into account
the needs of motorcyclists.
3. Ask them if they have received a copy of the Motorcycle
Parking Traffic Advisory Leaflet 02/02 which the DTLR
has mailed to every local authority.
4. Ask them will the council/authority provide the secure
parking in Local Transport Plans and who is the point
of contact for transport strategy.
5. Advise them that copies of the leaflet are available
from the Traffic Advisory Unit, 76 Marsham Street, London
SW1P 4DR (Tel 020-7944-2478) or can
be viewed and downloaded at www.roads.dtlr.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/fullindex.htm.
6. Advise them that copies of MAG's "A Guide to
the Design and Provision of Secure Parking for Motorcycles"
can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.mag-uk.org/publications/guides/secure_2002-04.html.
7. Thank them for their time and request that they consult
with motorcycle users prior to the provision of secure
parking, road safety, planning and social policies as
part of the consultation process of local transport
plans.
8. Finally include MAG details www.mag-uk.org
Please keep letters/emails polite.
Option Two
Simply use the MAG letter below and send it either via
post or email
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to make you aware that the Department for
Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) has
published a Motorcycle Parking Traffic Advisory Leaflet.
You may be aware of the leaflet or already provide secure
parking for motorcycles and have taken into account
the needs of motorcyclists in the Local Transport Plans.
The leaflet contains advice to Highway Authorities and
other providers of parking facilities. It sets out how
the needs of motorcyclists can be met effectively by
making
available high quality, secure and accessible parking
for motorcycles. The leaflet offers a source of practical
information, drawing on the experience of a number of
UK local authorities and the Motorcycle Action Group
through the Advisory Group on Motorcycling.
For your information copies of the leaflet are available
from the Traffic Advisory Unit, 76 Marsham Street, London
SW1P 4DR (Tel 020-7944-2478) or can be viewed and downloaded
at www.roads.dtlr.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/fullindex.htm
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The Motorcycle Action Group also produces "A Guide
to the Design and Provision of Secure Parking for Motorcycles"
which can be viewed and downloaded from their website
at http://www.mag-uk.org/publications/guides/secure_2002-04.html.
Thank you for your time and consideration, if you require
any further information on motorcycle user groups and
are considering including secure parking facilities
in Local Transport Plans.
You can contact the Motorcycle Action Group at
MAG UK, PO BOX 750, Rugby,
CV21 3ZR to provide a point of contact for transport
strategy.
Yours sincerely
MAG Feedback
Any replies you receive should be forwarded to Trevor
Baird, Director Public Affairs, MAG UK, PO BOX 750,
Rugby, CV21 3ZR or email public-affairs@mag-uk.org
Please forward any points of contact for local transport
strategy.
Your personal details of responses from local authorities
will be handled in the strictest confidence and only
the details of local authorities responses passed on
to MAG Regions and local groups for onward action.
If you wish to become active in MAG, contacts for local
MAG Groups and Regions can be found at http://www.mag-uk.org/regional/index.html
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