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Our police are polite and have nice penmanship

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Ross Catrow 06/04/2012 at 7:52 AM

A related, and helpful article from the good people at Scoot Richmond: http://www.scootrichmond.com/scooters/sidewalk-parking.html

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Matt Morton 06/04/2012 at 9:00 AM

This is just great!

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Luke 06/04/2012 at 11:59 AM

Should have ticketed him. City could use it and maybe people would stop being so discourteous.

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Chris Friedline 06/04/2012 at 1:31 PM

In which part of Church Hill was the scooter parked?

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John M 06/04/2012 at 1:34 PM

25th and M Street, at the Roosevelt

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Human honey Badger 06/04/2012 at 1:53 PM

TAZE THE OFFENDER! TAZE HIM!

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ChrisF 06/04/2012 at 5:23 PM

I wonder what the chance is that an actual police officer wrote this as opposed to a neighbor wanting to sound official.

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John Vetrovec 06/05/2012 at 8:43 AM

Chris, if you’re right, does this mean CCFATCH is back? Man the pink flamingos! For those that weren’t in the neighborhood 5 or so years ago, someone was sending their neighbors letters signed Concerned Citizens for a Tasteful Church Hill. The clever response from Jim Beckner, a recipient, was to ask through the newsletter that everyone opposed to CCFATCH put tacky pink Flamingos in their yard. Some are still around, albeit a bit sun faded.

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ChrisF 06/05/2012 at 11:47 AM

Heh, dunno. I just can’t see a cop doing something like this.

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Bret 06/05/2012 at 3:16 PM

As a former scooter rider myself, I am all for tucking them in anywhere you can. The closer to your building the better since they get stolen all the time, but I’ve noticed the parking of the scooter in front of The Roosevelt to be particularly obnoxious at times. We have plenty of citizens in wheelchairs who use our sidewalks and need the extra room.

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Alix B. 06/05/2012 at 4:11 PM

So was it a 49cc scooter, or higher? Tags, no tags?

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John M 06/05/2012 at 4:18 PM

49cc, no tags

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Alix B. 06/05/2012 at 4:33 PM

So I think that Mark Holmberg wants to work on this tonight. John, can you get me in touch with the person who owned this scooter? Or anyone who wants to talk about parking on sidewalk for safety reasons (I do)? Thanks. Abryan@wtvr.com or 254-3684.

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John M 06/05/2012 at 5:01 PM

I’ve put out on the twitter.

I’m not exactly sure who scooter the note was left on.

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Alix B. 06/05/2012 at 5:22 PM

Ok, thanks!

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Guide 06/05/2012 at 10:16 PM

Seems a little much to make a tv news segment about this

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John M 06/06/2012 at 6:43 AM

Should scooters and mopeds get a sidewalk parking pass?
http://wtvr.com/2012/06/06/should-scooters-and-mopeds-get-a-sidewalk-parking-pass/

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JD 06/06/2012 at 8:44 AM

Excellent news segment! This is an issue that needs to be addressed by the city ASAP considering the prevalence of scooters in RVA.

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Elaine Odell 06/06/2012 at 8:58 AM

I agree w/ Mark Holmberg’s take on this issue. Scooters should be able to park on the sidewalk–as long as they don’t block access to curb cuts, wheel chair ramps, stoops, staircases and doorways. There is a reasonable solution to this. Go to any European city and there are scooters/mopeds parked everywhere.

Richmond–possibly led by an inspired city council person–needs to do the right thing here: hash out the concerns with interested parties (citizens, police, safety and environmental advocates) and write a new ordinance that is fair and easy to understand.

After all, scooters fit quite nicely with the City of Richmond’s Sustainability Plan.

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