Scooter Parking

[LuckyDog13]

I know where the bikes park, but where is the best, safest place to park a scooter?

thanks.

[djgriff]

Do you mean the Scooter I'm going to win from WWOZ?

http://www.wwoz.org/new+orleans+community/wwoz+vespa+raffle

The drawing isn't until May 3rd so I won't have to worry about parking it at Fest.

[LuckyDog13]

you'll need to know where to park it next year, won't you?

[ibjamn]

Because of parking issues, my husband will sometimes drop me off at Liuzza's with the chairs, drive home and come back on his scooter. He chains it to the fence outside the Sauvage gate and has never had any problems. There are tons of people; security, fest workers inside that gate all day.

[LuckyDog13]

Okay, thanks. I was thinking about doing that too.

[Hollyhawk]

I have no words for the above poster.
Holly

[ibjamn]

I always take my Ed Hardy douchebag when I go to a posh cocktail night with friends.

[Phatpapa]

I always take my Ed Hardy douchebag when I go to a posh cocktail night with friends.

:)

[festbabe]

I always take my Ed Hardy douchebag when I go to a posh cocktail night with friends.

I wonder if it comes in a tiedye version?

[swag]

As soon as Chris gets around to deleting the spam, no one will know what the heck y'all are talking about. :)

[stlbarb]

As soon as Chris gets around to deleting the spam, no one will know what the heck y'all are talking about. :)

sometimes that happens without deleting posts.

[linza22]

sometimes that happens without deleting posts.

i'm so glad you said that....because organization is not our strong point....:eek:

[festbabe]

As soon as Chris gets around to deleting the spam, no one will know what the heck y'all are talking about. :)

pfffftt - he's out of the country for two weeks. We've got time to play.

[LuckyDog13]

I'm bumping this up because I still need to know the answer. Last year we parked by the Sauvage St. Gate, next to the bike parking area, amongst a whole passle of other scooters and got tickets for blocking a non-existent sidewalk.

Where can we legally park scooters?

Thanks.

[stlbarb]

I'm bumping this up because I still need to know the answer. Last year we parked by the Sauvage St. Gate, next to the bike parking area, amongst a whole passle of other scooters and got tickets for blocking a non-existent sidewalk.

Where can we legally park scooters?

Thanks.

i would ask the folks who are selling parking in the neighborhood. car parking close to the track is $20-30. see if you can negotiate a good price for multiple scooters.

[stlbarb]

As soon as Chris gets around to deleting the spam, no one will know what the heck y'all are talking about. :)

it doesnt require deleted spam for that to happen.

[marignygreg]

Pulled this post up from last year.

A Solution to Your Parking Woes!

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Greetings, Music Lovers! As a long time music-lover myself and fest goer since 1980, I feel the pain of those who have to deal with all the headaches of parking associated with the Jazz Festival experience: the traffic, the tickets, the crowds, etc. Well, I'm here to tell you I have a solution for you, and if you play your cards right and get in early enough, you should have no hassles whatsoever, it's free, and it's very near by!

What is it? Here's what you have to do: simply drive your car into the neighborhood bordering on Gentilly, Fortin, and Esplanade - this includes Grand Rte. St. John, Ponce De Leon, Maurepas, Sauvage, N. White, and Crete (though excluding N. Lopez and Mystery, where the curbs are blocked by barricades, though you can still drive on them) - drive past the big, meaningless signs that proclaim "NO ENTRANCE EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSES", find yourself a nice shady spot, park, and take a short, leisurely stroll over to Gentilly and the Fairgrounds entrance, and get ready to pah-tay har-tay!

Really, it's as easy as that. I'll let you in on a little-known secret: the thing is, neither the Jazz Fest officials nor the fine men and women on the NOPD and the Parking Division really care about protecting the rights of the residents of the neighborhood, so why should you? I live on one of these streets myself, and I can tell you first hand that I really don't mind that my car is right now - as I write this - completely parked in by two out-of-state SUVs without the residential parking pass that MY car has (boy, do I feel stupid about paying for those, LOL! ), unable to move my vehicle until they're done with their festivities for the day. The fact that they've been there since 11:30 this morning, with absolutely no visits from the meter persons of the Parking Division of the Department of Public Works (658-8200), should put anyone's mind to rest about getting slapped with a big $20 parking ticket; and, even if by some bizarre chance you actually do get a parking ticket, well hey, it's cheaper than paying for legal parking, right?

If you happen to come across the police barricade on N. Lopez and Grand Rte. St. John, you're sure to see a friendly cop in his car, who will gladly let you pass despite the fact that your car likely won't be sporting the "drive-thru" passes distributed two weeks earlier by fest officials. Ostensibly, these passes are used to protect the neighborhood from so-called "abuses" by festgoers, but since they're not even bothering to put up barricades at Gentilly on Maurepas and GRSJ to prevent those abuses in the first place, really, who cares? It's just one neighborhood, right?

Now, don't push your luck and park right in someone's driveway; all that will result in is one quick call by the grinch who's driveway you've blocked, followed by a tow truck being dispatched faster than you can say "Jockamo fee na ney"! That said, most of these houses (including mine) don't have driveways, so just stick with those, and you're gold!

Personally, I embrace the fact that the incompetence shown by Fest and NOPD officials is rendering me a prisoner in my own home, unable to leave for any piddling reason whatsoever; it gives me the opportunity to get some stuff done around the house that I've been neglecting. Sure, it's not MY choice, but what do the rights of a long-time resident who has paid for annual residential parking and has repeatedly been assured by Fest officials of the high priority they place on respecting his neighborhood matter to YOU, the soon-to-be-drunken festgoer?

From my experience, nothing at all.

Thanks for reading,
Grigoris
(former Jazz Fest fan)

[LuckyDog13]

Um... yeah. Thanks for that. I used to live on Maurepas and I'm not about to try that trick unless I know someone who lives around there.