--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All the major's have one big requirement - PARKING. ... > While we want to think people would come via mass transit - our > system is weak.
The planning and design for parking in the redevelopment area has been a disaster from the begining. The initial discussion was for 3 spaces per unit built on the development sites. That was 'negotiated' to 1.5 per unit on site and 1.5 on street. No consideration was given for beachgoers or Con Hall/Paramount patrons. Never mind if the Casino is ever restored. There will be about 2K street spaces created at final build out. The Hall/Para capacity alone is about 5K people. Consider a beach crowd of 10K (the WNEW parties had 80K+) and figuring 2 people per vehicle. 7.5K vehicles into 2K spaces doesn't work. Another huge oversight was that Ocean Grove's Auditorium events use Asbury Park for parking along Wesley Lake. No consideration of that overflow from 6K seats. THE PLAN: Condos = YES, Visitors = NO, Visitors $$$ = NO Regarding mass transit, there was a recent presentation at City Hall to show off a rehabilitation plan of the train/bus station. Nice graphics showing Asbury Park's "usage area". Ocean Grove not included. It was the Asbury Park-Ocean Grove train station at one time. Werner ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
