No Fee Increase But Changes Include New License-Plate Recognition System, Pay-by-Plate Parking, Virtual Permits, & Updated Zone  City officials have announced changes ahead of the 2019 permit parking season. Among them will be the launch of a new license-plate recognition system aimed at easing parking issues in the 1.4 square mile community. But what motorists […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday on a series of transportation related changes. From the bike share program launch date to new meters and residential parking zones and spots on the horizon, here’s a transportation overview to date.   Bike Share: The bike share program will launch August 24 in Asbury Park, Transportation Manager […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4:30 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4 p.m. closed executive session prior to the 6 p.m. public workshop session and 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular […]

A trial period to find new parking pay stations launched this week when municipal officials installed meters provided by two vendors, Parkeon and IPS Group, city officials announced Wednesday afternoon in a news release. The trial period, being used to evaluate the performance of the two meters, is expected to run through June 29. “Our […]

The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet Wednesday in council chambers at City Hall. A closed executive session will start at 4:30 p.m., followed by a public workshop session at 6:30 p.m. and a regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Public participation takes place at the beginning of the regular meeting. Items on […]

Management of the city’s parking infrastructure is the key to getting a handle on parking, according to a study compiled by Desman Associates. “You have a system that is generating $2.5 million annually but no one managing the system, no one analyzing the system, no one planning for the system,” Senior Associate Gregory Shumate said. […]

Visitors to Asbury Park beaches who pay for their daily beach badge at any of the city’s parking meters can now trade in the printed slips issued at the meter for badges with any of the city’s beach badge checkers. Previously the receipts issued at the stations could only be traded for badges at the […]

The municipal budget for 2013 still has not been brought to the council because the state is requiring all municipalities along the shoreline to submit FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] applications prior to approving budgets, city manager Terence Reidy said. There are three different categories for FEMA applications, and one of those categories could impact […]

The city council postponed introduction of the 2013 municipal budget after learning that they could receive more federal funds to remediate financial losses caused by Hurricane Sandy. The state’s Department of Community Affairs [DCA] has notified all of the municipalities impacted by the storm that federal funds are available for loss of revenue, Reidy said. […]