Parking Tickets - Kaiser Plaza Oakland 11/1?

[EEEliminator]

Anyone here get a parking ticket near Kaiser Plaza yesterday? I didn't get a ticket (or maybe it blew off, I don't have a windshield:teeth), but it looked like every bike on the street had a parking ticket on it :wtf

None of the parking garages in the area allow motorcycles, no long duration (only 4 x 2hr spots) on street parking. I only know of 1 lot in the area I can pay to park in.

Oakland :thumbdown

 

[afm199]

You avoid tickets on the street by paying for the parking and leaving the receipt on your bike. If you get a ticket, all you have to do is make one phone call to get it removed, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THE TICKET Stub. It's not hard.

PS: You can park ten bikes in one spot as long as each pays for a ticket. Including metered spots.

 

[orbframe]

Anyone here get a parking ticket near Kaiser Plaza yesterday? I didn't get a ticket (or maybe it blew off, I don't have a windshield:teeth), but it looked like every bike on the street had a parking ticket on it :wtf

None of the parking garages in the area allow motorcycles, no long duration (only 4 x 2hr spots) on street parking. I only know of 1 lot in the area I can pay to park in.

Oakland :thumbdown

What parking garage doesn’t allow motorcycles?!?

 

[EEEliminator]

You avoid tickets on the street by paying for the parking and leaving the receipt on your bike. If you get a ticket, all you have to do is make one phone call to get it removed, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THE TICKET Stub. It's not hard.

PS: You can park ten bikes in one spot as long as each pays for a ticket. Including metered spots.

and we all take turns feeding the meter every 2 hours, what joke... and this is Oakland anything that isn't bolted down isn't staying on the bike, when I park in the paid lot my proof of payment ticket is never still on the bike when I come back out (I do keep the receipt just in case).

Plus with all of the unregistered cars parked illegally I won't be taking the chance of taking up a whole metered spot for some one to get pissed off and because a motorcycle took "a whole spot" even if I did pay for it.

There are little to no options for motorcycles in this area from what I've found, if you know of something please share! I'd love to park in a garage and would be happy to pay for it.

What parking garage doesn’t allow motorcycles?!?

ALL of the ones I've tried near the Kaiser buildings in downtown Oakland have signs that say "no motorcycles", I've also asked the parking attendants too just to be sure. Some of the agents say they'll let you but, I've come back after shift changes just to check and get different answers.

 

[RightCoastBias]

and we all take turns feeding the meter every 2 hours, what joke... and this is Oakland anything that isn't bolted down isn't staying on the bike, when I park in the paid lot my proof of payment ticket is never still on the bike when I come back out (I do keep the receipt just in case).

Plus with all of the unregistered cars parked illegally I won't be taking the chance of taking up a whole metered spot for some one to get pissed off and because a motorcycle took "a whole spot" even if I did pay for it.

There are little to no options for motorcycles in this area from what I've found, if you know of something please share! I'd love to park in a garage and would be happy to pay for it.



ALL of the ones I've tried near the Kaiser buildings in downtown Oakland have signs that say "no motorcycles", I've also asked the parking attendants too just to be sure. Some of the agents say they'll let you but, I've come back after shift changes just to check and get different answers.

The new hospital, building on Broadway and across the street from fabiola all have parking garages with Moto parking spots.

 

[EEEliminator]

The new hospital, building on Broadway and across the street from fabiola all have parking garages with Moto parking spots.

Thanks for the tip that was constructive, unfortunately it is about 2 miles away from where I work. I called a few more places today, they said they would need to check with their supervisor but they know that there are issues with the gates not opening for motorcycles.

 

[SlideSF]

Downtown Oakland motorcycle parking is ridiculous. There aren't very many, and when you do find them... well, yesterday I was looking and found three slots at 14th and Clay. They fit only three into one car-sized space (vs five in SF) and are so wide you could probably fit two bikes into each one. Not only that, they charge the same amount as a car space - $2 per hour. Next time I will just take a whole auto space and let any other bikes who want to share the space. Really, what's the use of designated motorcycle parking if it costs the same as parking a car?

 

[RightCoastBias]

Thanks for the tip that was constructive, unfortunately it is about 2 miles away from where I work. I called a few more places today, they said they would need to check with their supervisor but they know that there are issues with the gates not opening for motorcycles.

I've indeed had this problem, but I've yet to meet a parking garage gate I couldn't ride around. Not that that would put garage attendants at ease.

 

[afm199]

and we all take turns feeding the meter every 2 hours, what joke... and this is Oakland anything that isn't bolted down isn't staying on the bike, when I park in the paid lot my proof of payment ticket is never still on the bike when I come back out (I do keep the receipt just in case).

Plus with all of the unregistered cars parked illegally I won't be taking the chance of taking up a whole metered spot for some one to get pissed off and because a motorcycle took "a whole spot" even if I did pay for it.

There are little to no options for motorcycles in this area from what I've found, if you know of something please share! I'd love to park in a garage and would be happy to pay for it.



ALL of the ones I've tried near the Kaiser buildings in downtown Oakland have signs that say "no motorcycles", I've also asked the parking attendants too just to be sure. Some of the agents say they'll let you but, I've come back after shift changes just to check and get different answers.

:laughing You mean you have to follow the same rules cars do? Gash darn it!

 

[orbframe]

ALL of the ones I've tried near the Kaiser buildings in downtown Oakland have signs that say "no motorcycles", I've also asked the parking attendants too just to be sure. Some of the agents say they'll let you but, I've come back after shift changes just to check and get different answers.

I was unaware this was a thing... a little googling and this it infuriates me... of course that doesn’t help you, but that is some serious bullshit

 

[/dev/null]

The parking garage attached to 3701 Broadway (Kaiser BMOB) has a few motorcycle parking spots. They're before the pay kiosk so I assume they're free.

 

[EEEliminator]

:laughing You mean you have to follow the same rules cars do? Gash darn it!

No there is a difference cars are allowed in parking garages, they have options! I would gladly pay to have my bike in a garage out of the sun and away from people.

Not sure what your problem is :afm199, I'm not complaining about getting a ticket (I didn't get one). Lack of LEGAL all day parking is the issue considering how many motorcycles there are in the area, there is not enough legal all day parking. The one lot that I have found can maybe accommodate 5-6 bikes. Your solution for sharing a car spot and feeding the meter every two hours isn't realistic. I actually posted this to see if any of the bikes that got ticketed were on BARF.

I guess Oakland would rather accommodate the permanent homeless camps all over Lake Merritt :thumbdown.

I do appreciate people sharing some locations, I'm still looking for something closer to Kaiser Plaza.

 

[EEEliminator]

The parking garage attached to 3701 Broadway (Kaiser BMOB) has a few motorcycle parking spots. They're before the pay kiosk so I assume they're free.

Thanks for sharing, that is still a couple of miles away from where I work. I saw that the Kaiser employee garage on Franklin & 19th has moto parking, but that garage has a roll down gate securing it and says for employees and guests only.

 

[afm199]

No there is a difference cars are allowed in parking garages, they have options! I would gladly pay to have my bike in a garage out of the sun and away from people.

Not sure what your problem is :afm199, I'm not complaining about getting a ticket (I didn't get one). Lack of LEGAL all day parking is the issue considering how many motorcycles there are in the area, there is not enough legal all day parking. The one lot that I have found can maybe accommodate 5-6 bikes. Your solution for sharing a car spot and feeding the meter every two hours isn't realistic. I actually posted this to see if any of the bikes that got ticketed were on BARF.

I guess Oakland would rather accommodate the permanent homeless camps all over Lake Merritt :thumbdown.

I do appreciate people sharing some locations, I'm still looking for something closer to Kaiser Plaza.

Gotcha, thanks.

Yeah, we prefer the homeless and try to make their life good. I am pushing to have two of the parking garages closed down and turned into homeless shelters, so that we can welcome more homeless to the city!

Only thing I can think of is to start complaining to City Hall about the problem. Not that it will help, being Oakland. I don't know of any good parking places, downtown Oakland has become a miserable shit hole for parking in the last couple years.

 

[byke]

Could you make some quick disconnect wheels? Something like training wheels with all dot parts so that it's technically considered a car? You could stick them in a backpack until you're a block away, put on the wheels, ride into the car garage, make a big stink about it once because you know they'll fight you on it the first time, but get cops out to verify, then you're probably good after that.

 

[MapleRoad]

Make friends with the lot attendants. Bake them cookies or something. Seriously, that's got to be a fairly monotonous job. Work it out with them, and make sure you're not creating trouble for them. Park out of the way so the owner/supervisor/whiny-customer doesn't notice your bike and make trouble for your new friend.

 

[ob1ventura]

San jose downtown........... same thing in the parking structure.
No motos

 

[MysterYvil]

Parking garage gates have been known to drop prematurely for motorcycles and hit the rider and/or bike. Because of this many do not permit motorcycles due to liability.