Shared Streets: The Mayor's Executive Order

Mayor Kamal Johnson published his executive order regarding Shared Summer Streets this afternoon: Local State of Emergency Order No. 26., effective from July 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., through July 8, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. The entire executive order can be read here. Worthy of note is the news that the mayor will be naming an advisory committee to monitor the program:

Based upon public input, I am amending the conditions for the Shared Summer Streets Program, and will likely amend conditions in the future based on acquired experience with the program. To that end, I will soon be naming an advisory committee made up of city stakeholders and public officials to solicit public input and advise me on future orders affecting the program.

There had been objections to reopening the street to regular traffic at 8:30 p.m., so the hours of partial closure have been altered. 

On Mondays thru Fridays from 4:00 PM until 10:00 PM and on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 AM until 10:00 PM for the duration of this Order, the Hudson Police Department and Department of Public Works shall coordinate in the posting of barricades and signs notifying vehicle drivers that Warren Street is open to local traffic only within one-block of the intersection and that the speed limit is 5 MPH.

Perhaps in response to fears that Hudson Shared Summer Streets would degenerate into the street fairs of Greenwich Village in the 1970s, the executive order establishes restrictions on who can occupy the parking spaces on Warren Street.

Non-appurtenant businesses and individuals may also apply for permits to occupy parking spaces. Permits may only be issued to Hudson businesses and individuals. No permits for food trucks, food carts or other vendors shall be issued for the Shared Summer Streets area of Warren Street except for any current permits or completed applications for a vendor permit pending on this date.

The permit fee, which is $24 a week for each parking space, has again been waived through July 13, with this comment about the future: "It is my intention to locate a source of funding to offset the lost parking revenues anticipated from this program. If my efforts are unsuccessful, a permit fee may be assessed in the future."
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