Hoboken issues more than 15,000 residential parking permits and there are fewer than 10,000 ‘on the street’ spots. That doesn’t even account for visitors, who are so dumbfounded by our parking rules: many refuse to come into town. There are ways we can improve:
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Perimeter parking for long term storage of cars not used frequently, talked about often, but never executed
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Repair or replace the robotic parking garage at 916 Garden Street to be back up and running and accommodating close to the 314 cars it was designed for.
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Use existing surface lots in ways similar to how Manhattan uses surface lots (with stacked cars and valets that ‘really pack ’em in’).
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Clear parking rules and better wayfinding to direct out of town guests to parking garages we do have.
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Parking permit fees based on car length to encourage smaller cars.
- An app that allows those with private parking spots to allow visitors to park hourly when the spot would otherwise not be utilized (while at work, while on vacation, or even ‘in front of driveway spots overnight).