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Its Not a Parking Problem in the Village It’s a Traffic Congestion Problem

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Ridgewood NJ, on the Facebook page ,”It takes a Ridgewood Village “Steve Kim points out what the Ridgewood blog has continued to point out to no avail for so many years ,more pressing than parking is the problem with traffic congestion in the Village of Ridgewood.  The problem has been so ignored that the Village has over the years exacerbated the situation with so called “traffic easing” ie turn 2 lanes into one under the trestle and install a suicide bike lane  .  Place “valet” parking eating up street parking and of coarse approving massive high density housing in the central business district .

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Reader asks ,”does anyone else notice that even as Hudson is closed, CBD parking is still abundant?”

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“The garage will lose $1mm a year, the village CFO confirms that. Only monstrous increases in rates on the street and lots can close that. The VC has no choice but to raise the rates on the surface lots and meters… the question is the strategy to do so. If a surface lot and a street meter are close to the same price when the garage is built… what’s the incentive to park in the garage? People circle 1 block radius’ now, and studies prove if you don’t have a significant price difference between the two, they will just keep circling.. The lack of fiscal common sense in the VC with an eye to protecting taxpayers is frightening. Now add in the library-glamification which has $0 return to taxpayers. Behind all the taxpayer-funded goodies? The same people who led the push for the new hospital and high-density housing. Saraceno and the Library Cabal also led the housing push and the hospital push. They have no regard for the fiscal future of the village and her taxpayers. Oh, does anyone else notice that even as Hudson is closed, CBD parking is still abundant? Often on weekend nights, whole rows of the train lot are empty. Hmmm, funny…just what garage critics said was true now *proven* true…we have a CBD parking surplus.”

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Village of Ridgewood Parking Permits Are On Sale Now

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Ridgewood Nj, 2020 parking permits are now on sale !

The 2020 Annual Commuter (Ridgewood Parking Permits – RPP) will go on sale on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at the Reception Desk in the lobby of Village Hall, and will continue to be sold Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays.  All applicants must bring their driver’s license and vehicle registration(s) for car(s) they wish to list on their permits, as the RPPs allow up to 3 cars on each hang tag. Click Here for application.  The RPPs allow commuters to park in designated Ridgewood parking lots without having to pay the parking meters.  The following is a summary of the Ridgewood Parking Permits (RPPs) and their prices:

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Reader Says , ” Kiosks and increased the rates before approving the garage. Thereby having confidence in sufficient revenue to pay for the garage”

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“They should have installed the Kiosks and increased the rates before approving the garage. Thereby having confidence in having sufficient revenue to pay for the garage. In addition it would have been interesting to see the opposition and the likely reduced parking demand in advance.
Some may actually believe another garage will be built in another section of the CBD. To fund a second garage, meter rates will likely need to be $3+per hour. Too bad only a few nearby restaurants will actually benefit from the Hudson Street garage. “

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Reader suggests:Businesses should in the CBD should Pick up the Shortfall on the Garage

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“The present council is at fault for passing parking garage not knowing the financial facts. Kiosks should have been installed First to see if they indeed were profitable. The current council did not have to pass the garage. I was not for it. They increased the spots at the train station; and could have increased spots at Hudson Lot . They did it carelessly. If it was their own money they would have installed kiosks first to see. They play fast and loose with my tax dollar The present council should personally pay for any shortfall along with the business owners like Damiano and Vagianos who begged for the parking garage. A contract could have been made with the business owners that they would make up any shortfall that kiosks didn’t produce. But no, the council rushed to build on uncertainly. What stupid, ignorant vain people. “

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Ridgewood Could face Staff and or Service Cuts to Fund Hudson Garage

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Ridgewood NJ, Is possible that Ridgewood services will have to be cut, or taxes be raised to pay for the garage.  The Village Councils’ former financial projections were erroneous, it turns out. They are shocked that they made such a glaring error.

The council is not certain that raising rates to $1.25 an hour would deter people from parking in Ridgewood.  They are considering three different options for raising rates; in some places 75 cents an hour and $1.25 in other places.

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Ridgewood Snow Emergency Reminders

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Ridgewood NJ, If it is snowing or going to snow overnight, please do not park your vehicles on the streets, in order to allow our plows to do their work in clearing the snow.  All sidewalks in residential districts must be cleared within 24 hours of the snow falling. Please do not place snow into the street; instead, place it back onto your own property.  In addition, if you have a fire hydrant on your property, please clear it of any snow accumulation.

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Glen Rock Resident, Non-Resident, and Central Business District Employee Parking Changes

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Attached below are three public notices about changes to parking regulations and fees coming in 2020: 

  • Non-Resident Commuters
  • Resident Commuters
  • CBD Employee Parking.
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Ridgewood Council Defers on Parking Meter Rate Increase

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Ridgewood NJ, The village council Wednesday night backed away from a series of parking rate hikes that are needed to fund the Hudson Street Parking garage. The council declined to introduce an ordinance that would raise on- and off-street hourly parking to $1.25 from $0.75 starting January 1st, 2020. Parking rate revenues are meant to fund both the currently under construction Hudson Street Garage and the village’s new smart parking meter program. Council members have been at odds for weeks about how many quarters visitors should pony up to park in the central business district.

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No More Feeding Meters in Village of Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, this winter the Village of Ridgewood will replace its traditional meters with eighty-five new smart parking kiosks and parkers will bear the burden as the village evaluates different ways to fund the kiosks and the Hudson Street parking garage currently under construction.

All parking meters, with the exception of a few 15-minute meters that is, are scheduled to be removed.

On and off-street parking fees at the kiosks are likely to increase to $1.25 from $0.75 at the beginning of the year. The Village Council debated the increase at Wednesday nights council meet and in the end, the consensus was to raise the rate to $1.25, and the council will vote on the increase an upcoming meeting.

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Watch the Hudson Garage Get Built!

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood rolls out the work zone cam for the Hudson street garage.

The Work Zone Cam will update every 30 minutes with a new image.  You can playback a time-lapse video of archived photos by pressing the play button.  At the end of the project, a full video will be made available on the Ridgewood Website.

Hudson Lot Live Cam:
https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/uncate…/2797-hudson-street-garage

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The Hudson Street parking lot closed until June 2020

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Ridgewood NJ, The Hudson Street parking lot closed on 8/19/2019 and will be closed for the duration of the construction of the Hudson Street Garage, through June 2020.  During the construction, the sidewalk along the parking lot will be closed. 

All pedestrians must use the sidewalk along the church side of Hudson Street.  In addition, the sidewalk on South Broad Street is closed, just after Pearl Restaurant.  For your safety, please use designated crosswalks to cross both Hudson Street and South Broad Street. 

Hudson Street itself will be open to vehicles during the beginning of the construction, but will be closed for a period of 6-8 weeks, during the day, in late 2019/early 2020.  When we have definite dates of the closures, you will be notified via E-Notice, and they will also be put onto the Village website. 

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NEW COMMUTER PARKING REGULATIONS AT RIDGEWOOD TRAIN STATION LOT AND PERMIT PARKING SPACES

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Ridgewood NJ, There are new parking regulations in the Village.  At the train station parking lot, twelve parking spaces, which are found immediately on the right as you drive into the parking lot, are reserved for those with Hudson Lot Parking Permits only.  There is signage in place, indicating that these are reserved parking spaces.  Please be aware that only those with Hudson Lot Parking Permits may park in these twelve spaces and those who park there without the Hudson Lot Parking Permit will receive a summons.

On South Broad Street, Prospect Street, and Dayton Street, there are parking spaces which indicate that Interim Parking Permits are required.  These Interim Parking Permit spaces require a permit 24 hours per day/7 days per week and were issued to those displaced from the parking lot behind the Hudson Street parking lot.  Please do not park in these spaces at any time unless you have an Interim Parking Permit or you may receive a summons.

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Despite Calls For More Parking Ridgewood Merchants Continue to take Prime Spots

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Ridgewood NJ, The President of The Ridgewood Guild is Mr. Tony Damiano.  Posturing as an important dignitary in town, claims that businesses which might have come to Ridgewood opted out because there was insufficient parking. 

The current council set up a system whereby employees would be directed to park in sections of the Cottage Place and Walnut Street lots, thereby freeing up valuable on-street spots in front of stores and restaurants.  And yet Damiano parks his own vehicle in prime on-street spots every day, as seen in this photograph. 

If you think this is a one-off, you are wrong.  We have at least 15 more photos of his car in various NON-EMPLOYEE prime spots on North Broad, near his store.   Damiano was a big promoter of the Hudson Garage (Aronsohn Version) yet refused to work with the new administration when the “3 amigos ” left office .

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Park With ParkMobile ?

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog has been tracking users of ParkMobile . The current Ridgewood blog poll is showing :

Do you use ParkMobile?
Yes 44.23%
No 55.77%

Historically Ridgewood has always been a bit slow at adopting new technology ,but we are not sure what to think about park mobile, PJ Blogger is no a user ,but many friends are.