photo by Boyd Loving
Ridgewood Commuters brace for “Park-pocalypse”
September 5th 2012
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, As previously reported the Ridgewood Train Station Parking Lot will NOT be available for parking on Monday, September 10, 11, 12, due to paving. The street parking area at Wilsey Square will also be paved at this time.
While commuters complain ,”What a slap in the face to commuters! This is a joke. Whoever came up with this plan should be fired, and fired quickly. On street parking regulations must be waived during this 3 day period. Anything less is totally unacceptable”
The Village has expanded the use of UP3 Permit holders who may park for unlimited time at street meters or nearby parking lots without ‘feeding the meter’. UP3 Hangtag must be displayed.
The Village website also recommends that “other commuters can park in nearby lots and pay at the meter as they do in the Station Lot. the nearest lots to the Station are Hudson & Broad; Chestnut; Franklin & Walnut .”
Merchants and restaurants owners wonder where the customers are going to park? The paving will exacerbate the already precarious parking situation near the train station , on Broad and on Oak streets .
It is best to make alliterative plans for those three days such as various park and ride facilities like Meadowlands Park and Ride, Lautenberg Train Station, Exit 15X, Secaucus, NJ, or other train stations along the Bergen or Main line .
Park and Ride facilities in Bergen County :
Exit 165 Garden State Parkway Park and Ride (Northeast Lot)
Allendale Station Park and Ride
Bergenfield Park and Ride
Dumont Park and Ride
West Shore Park and Ride
New Jersey Transit website : https://www.njtransit.com/hp/hp_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=HomePageTo