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Pay station proposed at Ridgewood park and ride

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Pay station proposed at Ridgewood park and ride
Monday January 20, 2014, 11:53 AM
BY  DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News

Ridgewood’s slow progress toward advancement in parking meter technology is about to take a small step forward, with commuters who use the park and ride lot along Route 17 primed to benefit from additional payment options.

The Village Council is considering the purchase and installation of a multi-space pay station, a single unit that would essentially replace the individual, old-fashioned coin-operated meters that are currently in use at the lot. The new machine will still accept coin deposits, but users would also have the payment alternative of paper bills.

Municipal engineer Chris Rutishauser and James O’Connell, of the village’s traffic and signal department, identified the lot as a candidate for the new pay station because of its low turnover – most who use the facility likely commute each day to New York City, they said. Officials also estimated that half of the motorists who park in the lot own a Ridgewood UP3 permit.

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