Off and on for years now, some members of the Common Council have seen the lack of parking meters on Warren Street below Third Street as lost revenue, while others opposed adding meters on those blocks because most of the buildings are residential buildings. It seems, however, that, on the recommendation of the parking study completed in November 2022, the days of free parking on Warren Street below Third are coming to an end. But the City won't be installing parking meters. Instead they will be implementing a mobile pay system with pay stations, or kiosks.
Exactly when this plan will go into effect is not clear. A representative of the supplier (T2 Systems) indicated at the Council meeting that it would take four to six weeks to get the kiosks and software up and running, but it is unclear what the starting point is for that time frame.
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Last month, I heard Prez Tom refer to this as a "test case" before the rest of Warren and side streets are kiosked. A test run, if you will, without anyone in charge. Sounds like a winning approach. It ain't Tom. It ain't Tracy Delaney. It ain't Rob Perry or Jason Foster. It ain't Mishanda Franklin or Shane no show Bower. Who will be the person seeing that this rather ambitious project is rolled out properly and without too many unnecessary glitches? Would that be Mr. Nobody or Mrs. Nobody?
ReplyDeleteMost cars parked in the Union Street lot in the metered spaces on any day of the week, including Saturdays, are those with municipal lot permits, leaving many if not all reserved permit spaces empty. Those car owners will not be needing to use the kiosks there. The problem is that since the reserved permit spaces are in the back of the lot, permit holders park in the first metered space they find, taking up a space that could have been used by someone who must fill the meter. If the reserved permit spaces are not moved to the front of the lot when the kiosks show up, you'll know that they (whoever they are) are screwing up the new parking payment system scheme.
ReplyDeleteSo wrong on so many levels. Parking in Hudson is abysmal at best. All those cars on lower Warren are going to go somewhere and it's just going to put pressure on Union, Allen , Columbia and side streets.
ReplyDeleteThe 100 block in particular is primarily residental and the residents deserve better.
Rob Perry isn't interested in installing any more signs than he already has. He would try to prevent resident permit parking for a few absurd reasons, no doubt.
DeleteTrue. Only the 200 block of Warren should be metered, not the other two blocks! The 200 block has plenty of businesses, it is still in the true commercial district and plenty of visitors park there to avoid the meters. It should have been metered long ago when Rector was mayor -- that was the plan, just the 200 block. Will the 800 block be kiosked, too? If the first block of Warren is kiosked, the last one should be too, which would be really really dumb. That's why it will likely happen.
ReplyDeleteHudsonite, Thank you so much for the kindness , empathy and understanding you show for the many, many tax paying residents living on Warren Street . As an elderly resident on a block with no Handicap parking spaces, I especially look forward to taking enforced long walks in order to reach my doorstep. Maybe I can trip on Hudson's famous sidewalks and break another hip.
DeleteAnd may I point out that by your resaoning, if the value of the real estate is the factor warranting parking meters, let go over to Willard Place, Allen , East Court.
This problem will always be. There is no real estate in Hudson to allow for other parking alternatives. Parking was never a problem, until we turned into a cute little Tourist destination.
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