Does the state statute or UW regulation explain the difference between a moped and a small motorcycle? Very few small motorcycles have the ability to be pedaled like a bicycle. The other day I saw an actual moPED on the SW bike path. The rider was actually pedaling (motor off). Perhaps they had engine trouble and were just making the best of their situation.
IMHO if you can't use your own muscle power, it doesn't belong locked in a bike rack. As to "electric personal assistive mobility devices" (I think this means those silly Segways, but I could be wrong - a person in a whilechair is unlikely to wheel over, lock their vehicle, and then walk to their ultimate destination... am I right?). I am currently frustrated by a small motorcycle every morning where I park. They arrive before me, park their small motorcycle next to the bike racks, but don't lock it up to the racks, and crowd me out of my preferred space for my bicycle. (Not on UW campus). --- "Ross, Arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not want to get into a long discussion about moped parking , but just > want to point out a > couple of things brought out or questioned in this discussion. > > 1) State Statute considers mopeds to be bicycles for parking purposes. See > 346.54(1)(e) > > 2) Notes at the end of State Statutes Chapter 340 clearly indicate that the > motor vehicle code > does not apply to the UW-Madison campus, thus they can create and enforce > their own rules. This > is based on case law, see the citation below if you are curious about the > case and the court > decision, from 1978. > > 3) The City's authority to create parking rules different from the state > statutes includes a > provision for informing people of the rules that differ through signage at > each location where > the local parking ordinance is in effect. See 349.13 > > > 346.54 How to park and stop on streets. > > (1) Upon streets where stopping or parking is authorized or permitted, a > vehicle is not lawfully > stopped or parked unless it complies with the following requirements: > > (e) For the purpose of parking, mopeds and electric personal assistive > mobility devices shall be > considered bicycles. Where possible without impeding the flow of pedestrian > traffic, a bicycle, > moped, or electric personal assistive mobility device may be parked on a > sidewalk. A bicycle, > moped, or electric personal assistive mobility device may be parked in a bike > rack or other > similar area designated for bicycle parking. > > > > > > Chapter 340 VEHICLES â GENERAL PROVISIONS > > 340.01 Words and phrases defined. In s. 23.33 and chs.340 to 349 and 351, the > following words > and phrases have the designated > > meanings unless a different meaning is expressly provided or the context > clearly indicates a > different meaning: > > > > Roads on the UWâMadison campus are not highways under sub. (22); they are > âprivate roads or > drivewaysâ under sub. (46). The motor vehicle code does not apply to them. > Henkel v. Phillips, > 82 Wis. 2d 27, 260 N.W.2d 653 (1978). > > > > > > 349.13 Authority to regulate the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles. > > (1e) (a) . . . local authorities with respect to highways under their > jurisdiction, including > state trunk highways or connecting highways within corporate limits, may, > within the reasonable > exercise of the police power, prohibit, limit the time of or otherwise > restrict the stopping, > standing or parking of vehicles beyond the prohibitions, limitations or > restrictions imposed by > ch. 346, . . . > > (c) 2., no prohibition, limitation or restriction on parking imposed under > this section is > effective unless official traffic signs or markers or parking meters have > been placed or erected > indicating the particular prohibition, limitation or restriction. > > > > > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608/266-6225 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
