The AP meters have pay via smart phone coming soon,however, I've researched the app that it works with and it's got nothing but horrible reviews.
--- In [email protected], Claire Davids <claire.davids@...> wrote: > > I'm a weekday shopper - right now if i'm working from home and want to run > out to grab a coffee i do a flyby on cookman, see if there's anywhere to > park and if not head on to panera or somethign where parking is guaranteed. > I know now that i'm sure to have parking now downtown and frankly if i'm > running into a coffee shop to grab and go i won't bother paying to park (and > i'm sure that others will be the same), that is a huge positive for the > coffee shops and deli and grab and go places. If i need a change of > scenery and want to grab my laptop to work somewhere else, same thing, i do > a flyby, parking, yay, i'll go to cookman, no parking and panera here i > come. Now there will be parking, i will pay if it's a stop and i'll spend > more money down time as i wander and now buy 2 cups of coffee, maybe a snack > etc. > > Same thing with lunch, quick stops at local shops, hell, i'll even join club > a now as I can park for sure and not worry about missing class as i'm > driving around looking for parking. I will happily pay for all those > things. > > I'm sure i'm not unique in this philosophy, so the pure nature of freeing up > spaces will drive more business for the merchants and that's what we want, > give them a chance to survive in the off months and thrive in the on months. > > From a safety concern, in the UK you can pay your meter parking by text > message or by calling a number and using an automated answering system - > maybe something like that would be a good idea here. Then there'd be no > fumbling around at midnite trying to pay the meter. Or maybe the > bars/restaurants should have the meters insite or right outside in the lit > areas so there's no deserted dark roads that we have to worry about. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:25 AM, oakdorf <oakdorf@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > You have to define what a "weekday shopper" is. > > > > What would draw one to to shop AP - is it selection, price, the scene, > > food, proximity to other place of interest that day and parking. > > > > that comes down to is it a weekday destination shopping trip? Or are those > > people more likely to go to the mall on a rainy day or The Grove in > > Shrewsbury. > > > > You want daytime life on cookman? Then like it or not, you need a major co > > (or groups of little ones) who have employees with disposable incomes and or > > a major shopping destination - like a Marshalls where people just walk in > > and buy tons of useless items. We had this discussion before. > > > > What you have now is the funkiness that you want so cater to the night > > business of music and restaurants ( that means be open when people ARE > > there). You can't be closed when people are there and open when they aren't > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
