To me, this is the bigger picture. Most cities with tourist attractions, that have paid parking bordering on residential areas employee "Residential Parking Only" areas. That's standard, and we should do the same thing. If I had to pay $15 a year for that privilege, great, I'd be happy to do so. But, since we don't, the city loses money because getting around paying to park means walk a little. Wouldn't it be in the cities best interest to maximize the usage of their paid parking then? And is it really fair to force boardwalk employees to park a few blocks away when they can have an employee parking area on site? I talked to a girl recently who left work at Stella late one night to find her window smashed on Bergh. That could easily be avoided. Next, are people aware that the city is planning on spending a rather huge sum of money to replace the poorly designed parking meters? They won't get a refund for what they've already purchased and have found to be troublesome. To that end, is it realistic to post police officers at the meters because people find them so hard to use? None of this issues should be dismissed as "amazing", and should be discussed. It's about planning for the future. AP is moving forward in leaps and bounds, which is truly amazing, but the city needs to smartly grow along with it.
--- In [email protected], cbrianwatk...@... wrote: > > It still astounds me people try to avoid parking for 50cents an hour, FIFTY > CENTS and hour > > 6hrs at the beach is $3 for parking > > That same amount of time in any shore town will run $20-30 > > Last night my family went to Point and paid $40 for 4hrs of parking > > Hinge - everyone in my household have all written (both letters and emails) > to City Hall about the parking situation by you, and urged a "residential > parking plan" for the first 4 blocks moving west off Kingsley, to date we > have not heard back at all, we have also reminded everyone on the council how > the election process works in our last round of emails > > We'll see I guess > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Hinge" <hing...@...> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:03:48 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: The failure of AP paid parking > > > So wait a second. You think it's somehow "Amazing" to hear somebody who can't > find a parking space in front of his own home, and sometimes for blocks > around, address a growing problem. I agree, AP is currently kicking ass, but > along with success comes growing pains. > My neighborhood fills up every weekend day, and most nights, yet the paid > lots usually have tons of available spaces. MM employees take up most of the > parking between Kingsley and Bergh. But here's what you don't know...the > block between AP Ave and 1st ave, along Bergh is used by boardwalk visitors. > And in the past 2 weeks, there has been one break-in after another. There's > still lot's of glass from smashed car windows. That block has become an easy > target for thieves, because it's very dark at night.If it were designated as > residential parking only, this wouldn't be happening, and it never happens > off season. I agree the city needs the money from paid parking, but people > are finding quite a few ways around that issue, and for some, it results is a > loss. That's worth talking about, isn't it? > For the record, I don't just discuss this here. While my schedule doesn't > permit council meetings, I call City Hall, and send emails. > I think it's entirely valid to suggest differentiating between resident and > visitor parking. > If your neighborhood was affected, I tend to think you'd feel the same. Maybe > I'm wrong. But lets say I can't find parking, and I wind up on that block on > Bergh, and my car gets broken into. Should I just shut up for the sake of > progress? > --- In [email protected], "asburycouple" <asburycouple@> wrote: > > > > Yeah, it's amazing sometimes to hear the comments on this board. I for one > > am astonished by the turn-around that's in progress but still relatively > > new (while there was grassroots efforts, really not much major happened > > until 3-4 years ago). Is it perfect - no, but it never will be. It never > > will be anywhere... And while it's always important to point on when > > things could be better, let's have some realism. In the worst economy in a > > generation things here continue to move forward - albeit at a little slower > > pace. > > > > So complain about parking - things can and should get better. But how > > about a bit of perspective. At least the city's making revenue (like every > > other shore town) for parking as they should. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cbrianwatkins@ wrote: > > > > > > You're right on point with that, next summer the boardwalk will be a > > > ghost town, and by xmas, there will be no more business' downtown, and > > > there surely won't be any new business' opening up here in town, the > > > violent crime numbers will be back to what they were 5yrs ago, and the > > > sky is filled with purple polka dots, and flying dragons > > > > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "new_beetoap" <newbeetoap@> > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:00:40 > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: The failure of AP paid parking > > > > > > > > > The failure of AP... > > > > > > The failure... > > > > > > No change or improvements in 2 years > > > > > > Guess AP is 'done'... > > > > > > Watching... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! 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