The City of Cincinnati wants to hear the buzz of more scooters downtown, so it's planning to add special parking areas designed especially for those vehicles.
Among the reasons more people are riding scooters and motorcycles is to save on fuel costs, because the vehicles can get get up to 100 miles per gallon.
To satisfy the increasing demand for more two-wheeler parking downtown, the city will create five new parking areas designed only for scooters and motorcycles by late October.
You get to vote on where those five areas will be located. The city has narrowed it down to several choices. To make your picks,
click here.
"The City is responding to our customers living and working downtown who have asked for more parking for two-wheeled vehicles," says Eileen Enabnit, Director of Transportation and Engineering. "Additionally, accommodating scooters and motorcycles helps the city become greener."
Right now, two-wheelers can park in surface lots or in street spaces for the same prices as cars, but they require considerably less space. And only one scooter or motorcycle is permitted per space.
Many other cities around the United States are finding creative ways to accomodate an increase in scooters, which have long been popular in other countries around the world.
