July 14,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Proposed Parking Lot Reconfiguration – Train Station Expansion
Proposed parking lot reconfiguration details are:
One bench, center of island, to be provided by others.
11 decorative streetlights, matching pattern used in the Village
An increase of 38 parking spaces
15 trees are to be removed. All were examined by the Village Arborist for health, most were in poor health.
14 trees are to be planted, 11 of which will be red oaks
44 of the reconfigured spaces will be for compact cars, with a stall size of 9-wide by 16-feet deep.
One way counter-clockwise circulation in the parking lot.
22-foot wide circulation lane.
Center island is to be 14-feet wide.(It is currently approx. 33 feet wide, at the widest section)
Sidewalk in the center island to be 5-feet in width.
Standard 9-foot by 18-foot parking stalls surrounding the center island
Center island sidewalk to be tinted a dark color (as per SHPO).
Existing lot has 107 parking spaces. Reconfigured lot will have 145 parking spaces.
NO NO NO, Leave the lovely islands as is. Enough with everything being concrete. They will get their ugly parking garage.
Another summer special… back off of your Takings from the Pedestians who pay taxes and don’t really want to sacrifice the current Stations
trees and walkways to help the failing Restaurants shortage of compact car customers ..VC get a grip and stop floundering around to pander to the
restaurant and apartment contraction Mafia that has taken over the good and valid interests of the common citizens who pay your salaries and huge TAXES HERE.We just rebuilt the station ..it’s fine..just what we need more cars up there and less space to plow that station out when it snows and ices over
Maybe people will buy compact cars based on this availability, but from what I can tell, cars have only gotten larger over the years.
Hey what about me have a put a couple motorcycles spots in
Which Council Person idea was this?
Another gran plan by BIKE LANE RUTISHAUSER . Im surprised he didn’t include that in this plan.
The Trees have stood tall for us for
50 plus years and we shall stand Strong for THEM Back off VC
The timing of all this including the destruction of the well thought out pedestrian Island wondering safe zone walkway is all of a piece.They have a math problem with the viability and ongoing revenue model of the unwanted Hudson Street Mega Garage ..so the VC is going to shoehorn every change needed including the compact car shortage at our train station where pedestrians volumes each rush hour far outweighs the 1000 dollar per car permit club..in fact we need less cars up there especially at peak evening times for safety and having another row of cars backing out
into each other all at same time as trains discharge just adds to safety problem ..Leave the citizens walkway alone.Let the commuters walk from the unwanted garage or from the many options available provided at great cost to the non commuting public .Leave the train station center walkway alone.Fix the stations sewers and focus on smaller safety concepts ..i.e. forbid and enforce no waiting idling at in front of the station doors ticketing areas.deal with Uber drivers and those who won’t comply each evening
and morning during drop offs .some occasional police presence on foot might be a start .leave the Trees alone ..they don’t deserve your butchery due to the parking revolutionary’s Math problem with the unwanted Hudson Street mistake . Lastly go to the Farmers Market.something that works in this town..observe children and elders being guided by the current Middle Pedstrian Island walkway..Far away from the circling auto traffic . It’s not perfect but it’s close. Ps town roadways are in shambles ..focus on that as a longer term plan.what is the county doing for us on their state routes through the village .
831, in my neighborhood and many others around town, the tall trees are dying off little by little. Instead of managing them, entire limbs die off and drop to the ground – either from a storm or just because. It’s OK to start fresh.
LETS JUST BUILD ANOTHER GINORMOUS GARAGE
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Ha Ha Ha…
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