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Take Notice: Removal of Change Machine at the Train Station
NOTICE : Effective September 21, 2015, this change machine will no longer be in operation. If coins are needed, please make other arrangements or use Park Mobile.
APRIL 30, 2015, 8:41 PM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015, 8:47 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD —Starting next week, village officials keen on averting potential parking revenue theft after a former employee stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in meter quarters will begin urging motorists who park in municipal lots to begin using their smartphones to pay for spaces.
Next week marks the official launching of Ridgewood’s recent partnership with Parkmobile, the Atlanta-based company behind the popular parking app that links directly to a credit card, debit card or PayPal account.
Mayor Paul Aronsohn called next week’s rollout of the app a “soft launch,” adding that only the meters in Ridgewood’s parking lots would be affixed with Parkmobile stickers.
In most instances, users are asked to input information from each meter’s sticker as well as their car’s license plate number.
Plate readers — like the two the village already owns — will be used for enforcement.
Additionally, Parkmobile operates a toll-free number motorists can call to pay for parking.
In two weeks, village officials will actively promote the app’s availability in the town’s lots, Aronsohn said.
Ridgewood parking there is an app for that
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 10:52 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
With coin meters becoming obsolete, Ridgewood may soon implement “cutting-edge” technology that lets users pay with their phone to park.
The council last Wednesday discussed three parking proposals, but ultimately expressed support for piloting an option that would require no capital investment for the village except for minor signage costs: Parkmobile, a smartphone app that will let people pay by phone and remotely extend their parking time.
If a resolution to award a contract to Parkmobile is approved at the next council meeting, then some concurrent ordinances would also need to be passed, according to Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld.
It would then take several weeks to get the pilot going, starting in the lots only, in the first phase of implementation.
“It’s at least a six week to eight week implementation time frame,” Sonenfeld said last Thursday, noting that the efforts are very “preliminary.” “If we can get it done faster, we will obviously.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/ridgewood-mulls-pay-by-phone-parking-app-1.1263551
