Members of the Asbury Park City Council are expected to address the issue of holiday parking rates at their next meeting on Nov. 26. Options are free parking, or free parking for three hours, in the downtown and waterfront. Reduced rates are also an option. One council member says that visitors will be given some […]

Paid parking will resume in the waterfront area and the downtown business district on April 1. “I ask everyone to prepare themselves for that,” said Mayor Ed Johnson at the council’s workshop session last night. “It’s well past time.” Paid parking had been suspended while parking pay stations were replaced after sustaining damage due to […]

All metered parking spots in town have been changed to free three-hour parking until January, city manager Terence Reidy said today. Metered spots line the beach front and the downtown area, and meters were first installed to provide a combination of revenue generation and parking management, Reidy said. The city is opting for three-hour parking […]

To help guide the city in handling parking, city manager Terence Reidy has developed a parking master plan. At the Sept. 19 city council meeting, Reidy and parking consultant Tom Calu unveiled the plan to the council and the public. “It’s time to take a look at our over-arching plan for parking in the city […]

Free-parking Wednesdays have been extended until May 30, according to Mayor Ed Johnson. Throughout the winter, visitors and residents have enjoyed free parking in the downtown and on the waterfront on Wednesdays. That program was slated to end this month, but the mayor recommended an extension. “It has really benefited the business community,” Johnson said. […]

The owner of a successful Emory Street hair salon has found himself locked out of Cookman Avenue, with a lack of client parking to boot. Steven Statland, owner of Chop Chop Bang Bang, recently sought a move to Cookman, but zoning rules allow only retail, theaters, bars and eateries on that busy main drag. The planning […]