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...@yahoo.com>
Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:03:48
To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
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 AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <asburycou...@...> 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 AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, 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: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:00:40
> > To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> > Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> > 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]
> >
>
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