Written by Loretta Vendetta Wednesday, 03 June 2009 00:00
Next Tuesday (June 9th 2009) sees another protest by bikers dismayed by Westminster City Council's new parking charge for motorcycles. The next protest, called "Loopy Tuesday" is expected to cause extreme disruption to traffic around the Piccadilly Circus/Haymarket area on a day that co-incides with a planned tube strike.
Before every previous protest Councillor Danny Chalkley has issued statements and letters condemning the bikers action in what can only be described as an organised "smear" campagn to discredit them. This approach has back-fired on the councillor and much of his credibility as waned in recent months following inaccurate statements and "cheap" smear tactics designed to discredit the peaceful protesting bikers.
However, this time the bikers have pre-empted the councillor's actions. Warren Djanogly, the Chairman of the "No To Bike Parking Tax" Campaign has issued the following open letter:
Dear Sirs,With just a week to go before another demonstration by citizens who, having realised not only the environmental, cost- and time-saving benefits of motorcycling/scootering, but also the pleasure and the sense of freedom, are furious at the richest borough in the UK, namely Westminster’s introduction of a charging scheme to park, the anticipation for my organising committee as to the numbers that will come and support is equalled by the anticipation as to what level of desperation Cllr Danny Chalkley will sink this time, or “Desperate Dan” as he has now become affectionately known...
Read more: Bikers fight back against councillor's "smear" campaign




These are some of the bizarre road markings confusing motorists across London and leaving them baffled about which restrictions apply.
A recent Freedom of Information Request (FOI) has revealed the results of a parking survey into opinions to the parking charge for motorcyclists. The survey was carried out by in January and February 2009 by Steer Davies Gleave and commissioned by the WCC Parking Services department.
Taxi drivers staged a demonstration outside City Hall in Victoria today in protest at "rip off" parking charges they claim is costing them up to £3 just to use the toilet.













