Mark Krulish , Staff Writer, @Mark_Krulish5:44 p.m. EST November 17, 2016
The Ridgewood Village Council last week defeated an ordinance that would have restored parking on one side of Pomander Walk during the day, but the need for a comprehensive solution to the parking problem in the area remains, according to village officials.
During discussion at the Nov. 9 council meeting, Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon said the council needed to conduct a study that would look at the broader picture in the area, rather than focusing on one or two streets, a sentiment echoed by Councilman Ramon Hache.
Any parking solution should include restrictions on owners and employees parking in CBD.
Should be common sense for a business owner to leave spots open for customers, but common sense isn’t all that common.
We should be honest about what is driving this endless discussion.Note last massively expensive boondoggle on Hudson Street which took an unprecedented Referendum that our own Mayor and management was
Involved in those petitions and steering.
The taxpayers don’t want any garage on Hudson street..it will be a money crime and urban blight as any transit center garage becomes..look at any similar models.It will attract out of towners to flog our streets with transitional commuters not interested in most businesses outside of Coffee grab and go small shops near the train station.
ReLine and pave the existing surface lots at Hudson,Cottage place and the central district lots . Allocate some employee parking and incent those
Employers to enforce that accommodation .yes and everyone will have a walk a bit more that’s the Vallet services who wisk those visitors away
from ridgewood despite the dreams of the small shops to attract walking
Customers who might take a look or pick up a specialty item on the way to their cars parked on surface lots or God forbid at the train station on weekends that almost always have visitor and resident parking after six.
My priority is not to make the restaurants happy on my dime/taxes and fees in ridgewood drive the Boomers to cash out and leave.Lets get a grip on this endless parking discussion..no less the possible housing boondoggles that Englewood Morristown and other Towns have suffered
We don’t want to be a Transit Village,we want to be a smarter Ridgewood
Town leaders figure this out and out Taxpayer first( not restaurants for a change ) lets wish our new management Luck.Middle ground solutions needed..Uber logistics on short trips is taking over the world.
Cigarette and
Upon further review, there is no parking problem in Ridgewood. While parking in town can be occasionally inconvenient, there has never been a need for the 5 story structure that nearly got built.
No garage required. The town has a wonderful design. The original design trumps the shop keepers. That’s what makes Ridgewood what it is, a charming quaintish historical architecture downtown. Some business will make it, some won’t.
By the way, what no one says is that there are many times in any mall and I am talkin WestField, Fashion Center, Paramus Park, when it is difficult to find an up close parking spot near your favorite store, and sometimes any parking spot. No one says that. So why shouldn’t it be crowded in tiny Ridgewood downtown.
I mean, hey, you walk the WHOLE downtown and I’ll tell you folks, it doesn’t count as an exercise walk to prevent heart disease and cancer , the heart organization and cancer society says is necessary for good health. I mean it is that tiny. So what the f..k.
Take a walk those who want a parking garage. Meaning Go Away!
I agree. The Ridgewood “parking problem” is all about laziness, where people want to find a space on a Friday night or Saturday right in the prime area of the CBD. Heaven forbid that they have to walk two blocks, or even 10 minutes from their actual house.
Excellent comments reasonable people its a peak use non-ussue
If not now when VC PUT A STAKE IN THIS NON ISSUE. new stores opening.Case closed.Ps my pocketbook is closed as well.Full day Kindercare costs and raises for the less than super -superintendents take the cake
LET THEM WALK / WORK UP AN APPETITE OR YEARNING FOR A COLD ONE AT OUR TAVERNS AND MEGA PLEX EATERIES
As I replied to an earlier post, we need a few handicapped spots in the central business district. The older residents who no longer use your schools and some of the other costly services would like to be able to dine and shop downtown. However, many of us are handicapped and want to go to places other than those with Valet parking.
How utterly pathetic…another “study”. You people are so completely F***ed up you can’t tell which end is up.
Is Mike Canadian? Appointing yet another Crown Commission to “study” an issue that has been discussed for 40+ years?
It’s been studied,voted apon and canned.We don’t need it folks..revisionist marketing underway.Happy Thanksgiving to all.Park and walk that Bird and stuffing larder off.Might do some good.