Stay Updated, Stay Ahead of the Curve. To Get There Faster, Click & Get the Bikernet.com Free Weekly Newsletter Here are four new things Daytona leaders are considering by Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, The Daytona Beach News-Journal Daytona Beach city commissioners batted around possible changes to Bike Week and Biketoberfest at a meeting last week, and next month local residents will have a chance to share their ideas on what they think would improve the two biker parties. If commissioners do decide to tweak any rules, it wouldn’t impact this year’s Bike Week, which runs from March 3-12. Here are four things city commissioners are contemplating changing for the future: Approved biker rally locations could change The city has a map that shows where it’s OK to have Bike Week and Biketoberfest activities such as bands playing on outdoor stages and itinerant vendors selling everything from turkey legs to jewelry. The map still shows some streets that no longer have Bike Week and Biketoberfest festivities, such as Beach Street between Bay Street and the Main Street bridge, included in the areas eligible for special privileges during the events. And the map shows streets such as International Speedway Boulevard east of the Halifax River, where at least some business owners want the right to have vendors and paid parking lots during the two annual biker parties, outside the approved areas. Commissioners will decide if they want to redraw the map to officially exclude some areas that once drew big crowds during the biker celebrations, and add new areas that could join the party. Daytona Beach yards could become paid parking lots City Commissioner Ken Strickland, whose zone includes the beachside north of Seabreeze Boulevard, has thrown out the idea to let homeowners who live near Main Street and Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard sell
