FYI, the city of Chicago has a similar system, with the kiosks and numbered spaces. BUT, many, but not all, residents have resident-only parking on their streets, or part of those streets. It seems that they do this for the streets where residents have limited parking available, and also where there are businesses close by that are likely to cause others to want to park in front of their homes.
The city has a system where you pay a small amount each year for a "city sticker" that goes on your car. Everyone living in the city is required to have one, but for those areas that are mandated resident only, the city sticker shows what section of the city you live in, so they can tell if you live across town but want to park there to go to the restaurant around the corner, etc. Seems like this might be a good approach for Asbury to take. JMHO! Jenni -----Original Message----- From: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 2fast4u Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 7:26 PM To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: How NOT to make a few thousand dollars an hour.... I'm with YOU on this one! All of those posting about what a good thing paid parking is, DON'T live, where you live. You're paying property taxes up the keester and add insult to injury by forcing residents on your block to PAY to park in front of your home, not vacation home; your year round domicile. Those that make these arcane rules don't live near YOU! What would it cost to have "resident only" parking along that area? What a greedy bunch at City Hall. Okay, don't all of you knock each other down to flame me! I'm with YOU, Hinge. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@...> wrote: > > This weekend provided me a look at how I'm going to get screwed if I pay for the $30 resident parking pass. On Sat, all of the new numbered spaces both in front of my house, up and down the 200 block of 1st, and on Bergh between AP Ave. and 2nd were filled. I went out for a few hours to do some major home and grocery shopping, and came home to no place to park. What's the value for me if there aren't "Resident Parking Only" spaces on my block? Major fail in my opinion. There's no way I'm paying $30 to maybe park in front of my year round home. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "M." <filecabinet768@> wrote: > > > > > > The sign should have read: "Do to the incompetence of out city officials and poor planning, there will be no charge for parking" > > > > If it truly was a gift from the mayor and city counsel, the money should come out of their pockets or pension. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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: asburypark-dig...@yahoogroups.com asburypark-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: asburypark-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
