EasyGibson wrote:
You guys all know that those zone permit things aren't even enforced, right? That would mean getting out of the Jerking Authority cart and reading the permit carefully. Not an efficient use of time.
I've met lifelong residents who didn't even know you needed the sticker. ha

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sillyscorp wrote:
also if you were doing this for dinner you would already be able to since parking ends at 5 pm (and technically you could park starting at 3:01 so your free 2hrs ended right when the rules ended)

I think that all parking within say 0.3 miles or so of grove st (ie restaurant row/ grove & newark intersection) should be meters with a 2 hr or less limit. Long enough to run into a store and buy something but not long enough to hang out for the day (or just leave your car there regardless of resident parking status)

honestly I give myself about an hour to get into or out of the city because unless you time it perfectly and get a spot right outside the station (and your destination is right outside the PATH) it takes 10 minutes to walk to the station, then 10 minutes of waiting, then 20 minutes to get into city and then 10 minutes to get to your destination = 50 minutes .... you would have to have a really short errand to be able to make it back in time without really pushing it

Part of Osborne's proposal extends zoned parking into the evening hours (til 11 I think).

I want to know why, instead of increasing non-resident parking from 2 to 3 hrs, there isn't instead a plan to craft validation discounts between the mostly empty garage at Grove Pointe and the restaurants. That makes a heck of a lot more sense.

So now it is up to the city to negotiate with private businesses to force them into discounting their services? If restaurants see, hear or believe that having validated parking would increase their revenue and bottom line, they are free to negotiate with area lots for a discounted rate. Apparently, that is not the case.

rescuelife wrote:
Anyone ready to sign this should know that the creator is the owner of Two Boots pizza, who famously collaborated with Jeff (drunk owner of the great establishments The Bistro and the Coffeeshop) to push food trucks out of Grove square, so there is a history of putting selfish business interests before those of his fellow JC residents.

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sillyscorp wrote:
also if you were doing this for dinner you would already be able to since parking ends at 5 pm (and technically you could park starting at 3:01 so your free 2hrs ended right when the rules ended)

I think that all parking within say 0.3 miles or so of grove st (ie restaurant row/ grove & newark intersection) should be meters with a 2 hr or less limit. Long enough to run into a store and buy something but not long enough to hang out for the day (or just leave your car there regardless of resident parking status)

honestly I give myself about an hour to get into or out of the city because unless you time it perfectly and get a spot right outside the station (and your destination is right outside the PATH) it takes 10 minutes to walk to the station, then 10 minutes of waiting, then 20 minutes to get into city and then 10 minutes to get to your destination = 50 minutes .... you would have to have a really short errand to be able to make it back in time without really pushing it

Part of Osborne's proposal extends zoned parking into the evening hours (til 11 I think).

I want to know why, instead of increasing non-resident parking from 2 to 3 hrs, there isn't instead a plan to craft validation discounts between the mostly empty garage at Grove Pointe and the restaurants. That makes a heck of a lot more sense.

sillyscorp wrote:
also if you were doing this for dinner you would already be able to since parking ends at 5 pm (and technically you could park starting at 3:01 so your free 2hrs ended right when the rules ended)

I think that all parking within say 0.3 miles or so of grove st (ie restaurant row/ grove & newark intersection) should be meters with a 2 hr or less limit. Long enough to run into a store and buy something but not long enough to hang out for the day (or just leave your car there regardless of resident parking status)

honestly I give myself about an hour to get into or out of the city because unless you time it perfectly and get a spot right outside the station (and your destination is right outside the PATH) it takes 10 minutes to walk to the station, then 10 minutes of waiting, then 20 minutes to get into city and then 10 minutes to get to your destination = 50 minutes .... you would have to have a really short errand to be able to make it back in time without really pushing it

sillyscorp wrote:
also if you were doing this for dinner you would already be able to since parking ends at 5 pm (and technically you could park starting at 3:01 so your free 2hrs ended right when the rules ended)

I think that all parking within say 0.3 miles or so of grove st (ie restaurant row/ grove & newark intersection) should be meters with a 2 hr or less limit. Long enough to run into a store and buy something but not long enough to hang out for the day (or just leave your car there regardless of resident parking status)

honestly I give myself about an hour to get into or out of the city because unless you time it perfectly and get a spot right outside the station (and your destination is right outside the PATH) it takes 10 minutes to walk to the station, then 10 minutes of waiting, then 20 minutes to get into city and then 10 minutes to get to your destination = 50 minutes .... you would have to have a really short errand to be able to make it back in time without really pushing it

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AMo wrote:
Hi,

Some of you may already know that Councilwoman Osborne has submitted for City Council approval, a plan to extend free, non- resident parking from two to three hours in the Downtown. This plan will not only turn the Downtown into a massive "park and ride" lot where out-of-towners park and hop on the PATH train to shop and dine in Manhattan (three hours is plenty of time), but will reduce parking space turnover, meaning spots will open up less often for residents. The plan defies common sense and everything we know about curb-side parking. (See Shoup, The High Cost of Fee Parking).

If you disagree with this plan, please sign the following petition. Time is of the essence!

https://www.change.org/p/councilwoman- ... ition&utm_medium=copylink

Spoken like a true Chicken Little!! Increasing non zoned parking from two to three hours is going to turn downtown into a "massive park and ride lot"? Hysterical much?!

How on Earth is that going to be so? You park, then walk to Grove St, wait for PATH, ride into city, then scarf down your meal, walk back to PATH, wait again, ride back to JC, and then back to you car, and you say this would be the norm and three hours is plenty of time!? Maybe if dining at the hot dog cart.

AMo wrote:
Hi,

Some of you may already know that Councilwoman Osborne has submitted for City Council approval, a plan to extend free, non- resident parking from two to three hours in the Downtown. This plan will not only turn the Downtown into a massive "park and ride" lot where out-of-towners park and hop on the PATH train to shop and dine in Manhattan (three hours is plenty of time), but will reduce parking space turnover, meaning spots will open up less often for residents. The plan defies common sense and everything we know about curb-side parking. (See Shoup, The High Cost of Fee Parking).

If you disagree with this plan, please sign the following petition. Time is of the essence!

https://www.change.org/p/councilwoman- ... ition&utm_medium=copylink