April 13,2017
by john doe
Comments:
Ideas to improve parking in Ridgewood
1. People are lazy and don\’t want to walk
2. Make it costly for those who are lazy
3. Start meters at 8am which means employees will have to move their cars more often
4. Lower meter time on Ridgewood ave to 2 hours. Plenty of time to run in and out of any store
5. Change meters on north side of all side streets in core area to 2 hours to have shopper parking available
6. Keep meters on south side of all side streets to 3 hours
7. Hire additional staff for parking enforcement
8. Assign one cop to daily meter duty
9. Reduce size of each park mobile zone to avoid repeat parking enforcement
10. Increase fines for repeat parking: 1-3 tickets $25.00 4-6 $50.00 7-10 $100.00 11-15 $200.00 16+ $400.00
11. Use technology – equip one police car with license plate readers to enforce repeat parking – this way meter people would only deal with overtime parking
12. Make those employees who repeat park pay.
Parking is confusing. Lots of signs and restrictions. It feels like the town has decided that parking enforcement will be a revenue center.
The risk of ticket and 2 hour limitations make it even less likely that I will be in town during business hours.
I come in for dinner when it is safe.
I’m not an employee of business in CBD nor do I know one, but there should be concessions not hardships for employees; perhaps owners of businesses should help pay and town should help by having places for employees. Do not limit parking time for employees, extend it, if anything, with employee sticker on car. When I shop in Ridgewood, I like employees to be able to help me and not feel harried. Employees are people too. Duh
Parking should not be under three hours anywhere in CBD. Please do not tell me how long it will take to have lunch in town on weekend , for example, and take a leisurely walk afterwards, and maybe shop for something. I repeat, do not tell me how long I should take. I hate it when some fool, I am really angry now, tries to tell me how long it should take me to do something. So just read me and think about what you are saying. And you who wrote the above, YOU pay for the added police to monitor the parking. Not comin out of my tax dollar.
parking is a revenue center. the village takes in over $1 million dollars in revenue (1,2 I believe). The suggestion appears to be how to get the lazy employees to not take up the prime spaces in town.
Keep hammering the customers and residents VOR
YOUR DAY SHALL COME
John Doe, when will you demand that the VC enact a drone meter maid ordinance to issue tix?
@7:41, CBD employees have their own lot at a discounted rate. It sits empty most of the day because they choose to pay more and park closer to work. I say remove all restrictions and enforcement and let customers have at it. Strong stores will survive and let’s stop propping up the weak.
If the meters go to late at night and start charging 75 cents or a dollar an hour, many many people will swear off Ridgewood forever. Yesterday I ate and shopped in Westwood, where two dimes bought me two hours at a meter in the middle of town.
8.37 has unearthed the scorched earth truth .VOR is at War with its visitors ,shoppers ,store owners and citizens
Read the 8.37 copied post below and above
So for last five years VC has sat in likely dozens and dozens of meetings on Parking and Store owners and citizens complaints while raking in Over
5 M net Paying no Tax to anyone to run this scam,store owners note
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parking is a revenue center. the village takes in over $1 million dollars in revenue (1,2 I believe). The suggestion appears to be how to get the lazy employees to not take up the prime spaces in town.
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