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MAG ACTION DOCUMENT
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Overview
MAG would urge you to contact your local council/authority asking them.
- If they have received the leaflet?
- If they have read the leaflet?
- If they already provide secure parking?
- If the answer is no to any of the questions will the council/authority provide the secure parking in Local Transport Plans that motorcyclists require.
- Ask for a point of contact for transport strategy.
Details of responses will be passed on to MAG Regions and Local Groups for onward action.
Option One
In your own words using the information below write a letter to your local council/authority and send it either via post or email.
- To contact your local authority/council by email or post. If you don't know the contact details follow the link to Direct Gov Here
- Enquire if they provide secure parking for motorcycles thanking them if they have already taken into account the needs of motorcyclists.
- Ask them if they have received a copy of the Motorcycle Parking Traffic Advisory Leaflet 02/02 which the DTLR has mailed to every local authority.
- Ask them will the council/authority provide the secure parking in Local Transport Plans and who is the point of contact for transport strategy.
- Advise them that copies of the leaflet are available from the Traffic Advisory Unit, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (Tel 020-7944-2478) or can be viewed and downloaded at
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/parkingmatters/motorcycleparking
- Advise them that copies of MAG's "A Guide to the Design and Provision of Secure Parking for Motorcycles" can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.mag-uk.org/publications/guides/secure_2002-04.pdf
- Thank them for their time and request that they consult with motorcycle users prior to the provision of secure parking, road safety, planning and social policies as part of the consultation process of local transport plans.
- Finally include MAG details www.mag-uk.org
Please keep letters/e-mails polite.
Option Two
Simply use the MAG letter below and send it either via post or email
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to make you aware that the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) has published a Motorcycle Parking Traffic Advisory Leaflet.
You may be aware of the leaflet or already provide secure parking for motorcycles and have taken into account the needs of motorcyclists in the Local Transport Plans.
The leaflet contains advice to Highway Authorities and other providers of parking facilities.
It sets out how the needs of motorcyclists can be met effectively by making available high quality, secure and accessible parking for motorcycles. The leaflet offers a source of practical information, drawing on the experience of a number of UK local authorities and the Motorcycle Action Group through the Advisory Group on Motorcycling.
For your information copies of the leaflet are available from the Traffic Advisory Unit, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR (Tel 020-7944-2478) or can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tal/parkingmatters/motorcycleparking
The Motorcycle Action Group also produces "A Guide to the Design and Provision of Secure Parking for Motorcycles" which can be viewed and downloaded from their website at http://www.mag-uk.org/publications/guides/secure_2002-04.pdf
Thank you for your time and consideration, if you require any further information on motorcycle user groups and are considering including secure parking facilities in Local Transport Plans.
You can contact the Motorcycle Action Group at MAG UK, PO BOX 750, Rugby, CV21 3ZR to provide a point of contact for transport strategy.
Yours sincerely
Any replies you receive should be forwarded to Trevor Baird, Director Public Affairs, MAG UK, PO BOX 750, Rugby, CV21 3ZR or email public-affairs@mag-uk.org
Please forward any points of contact for local transport strategy.
Your personal details of responses from local authorities will be handled in the strictest confidence and only the details of local authorities responses passed on to MAG Regions and local groups for onward action.
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