RED BANK: BRAKES TAPPED ON METERING PLAN

Mar 5, 2020

RiverCenter asked that enforcement of any changes to the parking ordinance be postponed until completion of planned streetscape work on White Street and the adjoining lot. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Facing pushback, Red Bank officials on Wednesday slowed a proposal to extend paid parking to 10 p.m.

The plan, first reported by redbankgreen, drew numerous critical comments on Facebook, which several council members alluded to at Wednesday night’s council workshop session.

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March 5, 2020 - 9:00 am |

RED BANK: EXTENDED METERING ON AGENDA

Mar 3, 2020

Adding four hours a day of paid parking is among the recommendations of a recent report. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s elected officials are expected to take up a proposal this week to expand paid parking – and enforcement – to 10 p.m.

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March 3, 2020 - 12:30 pm |

RED BANK: PARKING SYSTEM TO GET MAKEOVER

Sep 19, 2019

Interim parking director Tom Calu with a smart meter at Wednesday’s presentation. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s entire inventory of parking meters and kiosks is slated for replacement, borough officials said Wednesday, as they debuted a ‘smart’ meter scheduled for rollout curbside early next year.

Meantime, the search for a parking director, the foremost recommendation of a parking study released in January, has been “disappointing,” the official leading the search told redbankgreen.

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September 19, 2019 - 9:00 am |

RED BANK: NEW PARKING METERS TO DEBUT

Sep 17, 2019

Red Bank is planning to replace its coin-operated parking meters, and the public will get a chance this week to weigh in Wednesday on the changes they’ll bring. More →

September 17, 2019 - 1:15 pm |

SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT

May 27, 2016

With the wraps scheduled to come off new kiosks at the start of the Memorial Day weekend Friday, Sea Bright employees got a primer on the internal workings of the machines from a vendor Thursday.

After a threatened lawsuit by local business owners was withdrawn, the borough council earlier this month set a $1-per-hour rate for parking in municipal lots. The fees are imposed summer-only, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

May 27, 2016 - 1:00 pm |

RED BANK: YOUR 15 MINUTES HAVE ARRIVED

Nov 25, 2015

One of the new 15-minute meters on Broad Street, near White Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Street meters, off-street meters, permits, kiosks, an app: now, add one more element to the Red Bank parking mix.

The borough recently installed nine white meters on downtown streets to enable shoppers to park for just 15 minutes, at 25 cents a pop.

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November 25, 2015 - 10:13 am |

RED BANK: TECHIN’ IT TO THE STREETS

Oct 23, 2015

File this under “who knew?” Since February, visitors to Red Bank’s business district have been able to use an app to pay for parking from their vehicles via cellphones or tablets, thus avoiding the payment kiosks, which are no fun in bad weather.

But the only public notice of this service that redbankgreen could find was a notice taped to a parking kiosk at the White Street lot.

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October 23, 2015 - 8:30 am |

RED BANK: TABLE DRESSING AT THE GALLERIA

Apr 20, 2015

Frame to Please at the Galleria at Red Bank hosts a display of custom-crafted centerpieces for weddings, kids’ parties and other gatherings by Red Bank artist Katie Benson. Benson will be present at a reception from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Thursday, and the items remain on display at the shop’s hallway kiosk through May 31. A portion of sale proceeds will go to Save US Pets. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

April 20, 2015 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: MORE PAID PARKING OK’D

Mar 25, 2015

The plan enables the town to charge for parking on parts of Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street that have long been subject to two-hour parking limits, which merchants say were not enforced. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Over the objections of business owners and nearby residents, the Red Bank council approved a controversial plan to expand the paid parking zone in the central business district Wednesday night.

The go-ahead came on a rare tiebreaker vote by Mayor Pasquale Menna after a 3-3 deadlock among council members, one of whom, Council President Art Murphy, moved and voted in favor of the plan by phone.

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March 25, 2015 - 10:11 pm |

RED BANK: PREMATURE ON PAID PARKING?

Feb 12, 2015

Visitors to Bridge Avenue shops, above, and the western stretch of Monmouth Street may soon have to pay to park. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

After the Red Bank borough council passed a resolution last month authorizing the purchase of pay stations for parking along Monmouth Street and Bridge Avenue, redbankgreen asked: Why? Parking is free there.

No ordinance amendment had ever been passed or even introduced allowing the town to charge for parking outside the central business district. There had been no public debate on whether it should even happen.

That’s all coming, says business Administrator Stanley Sickels.

So why spend $135,308 for 13 kiosks that haven’t been authorized?

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February 12, 2015 - 7:01 am |

RED BANK: MORE KIOSKS, YES; APPS, MAYBE

Jan 29, 2015

Wiring for kiosks along Monmouth Street was installed when the street was refurbished two years ago. Kiosks on Bridge Avenue would be solar-powered. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank is about to get more parking kiosks, under action by the borough council Wednesday night. But it’s also looking into mobile apps that could make them unnecessary.

The council authorized spending $135,308 for 13 new kiosks, to be installed along Monmouth Street from Maple Avenue west to Bridge Avenue, and along a stretch of Bridge.

At the same time, officials said they would look into the possibility of integrating one or two apps with the system: one that would allow an arriving motorist to find an open parking spot, and another to pay for it from the comfort of the car.

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January 29, 2015 - 9:37 am |

RED BANK TWEAKS KIOSKS FOR SHORT STAYS

Aug 9, 2012

One of Red Bank’s new parking pay stations, on Wharf Avenue. (Click to enlarge)

We’ll take credit for this one.

Red Bank parking officials say they have reprogrammed the new kiosk-based parking-pay system to correct a setting that redbankgreen had called out as unfair.

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August 9, 2012 - 1:40 pm |

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Serving Red Bank and Greater Red Bank, NJ

RED BANK: BRAKES TAPPED ON METERING PLAN

RED BANK: EXTENDED METERING ON AGENDA

RED BANK: PARKING SYSTEM TO GET MAKEOVER

RED BANK: NEW PARKING METERS TO DEBUT

SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT

RED BANK: YOUR 15 MINUTES HAVE ARRIVED

RED BANK: TECHIN’ IT TO THE STREETS

RED BANK: TABLE DRESSING AT THE GALLERIA

RED BANK: MORE PAID PARKING OK’D

RED BANK: PREMATURE ON PAID PARKING?

RED BANK: MORE KIOSKS, YES; APPS, MAYBE

RED BANK TWEAKS KIOSKS FOR SHORT STAYS