Thursday, March 21, 2013
City prepares to re-launch new parking system March 25.
The city of Ferndale recently installed 12 new pay stations in the most active downtown parking lots as part of an effort to improve the new parking system before it re-launches on March 25. The additional machines aim to reduce long lines at the pay stations. "Additional pay station locations were selected by observed pedestrian traffic patterns, the number of transactions per machine at their original locations, the location of existing pay stations, ADA accessibility, available lighting and user comments," Loyd Cureton, director of the Ferndale Department of Public Works, said in a press release. Two extra units are being kept in reserve to allow city staff a small inventory to replace faulty machines or add a machine if needed, …
Monday, February 25, 2013
City Council approved an extension of free parking through March 11.
Parking will be free in downtown Ferndale for two more weeks while the city works to improve the new parking system. Ferndale City Council on Monday night approved the extension of free parking through March 11 and approved the purchase of 12 additional parking pay stations. City management recommended the extra pay stations after using data from the new system to study a seven-day period of usage. During that time, the pay stations had 15,000 transactions - 50 percent coming from the Troy and Withington parking lots. "That right there lets you know that clearly we have an issue with the amount of pay stations that we have in those two lots in particular," said Ferndale City Manager April Lynch, pointing out that a quarter of the machines …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Cty staff will use the weekend as an opportunity to review the data generated by the new pay stations.
The city of Ferndale announced Friday that free parking will be available in all parking lots and on-street spaces through Monday, Feb. 25. "The bottom line is that we need to provide the best product to our customers," Ferndale City Manager April Lynch said in a press release. "We have heard their concerns and our committed to making sure these machines meet their needs." Cty staff will use the weekend as an opportunity to review the data that has been generated by the new pay stations. “These machines are able to provide us with a lot of information that was not previously available from the old mechanical meters," Loyd Cureton, director of the Ferndale Department of Public Works said in the release. "We can now have a better …
Friday, February 15, 2013
You can now pay for parking using ParkMobile at any of Ferndale's parking lots.
As users adjust to Ferndale's newly installed parking pay stations and revised rates, city officials are busy responding to questions, concerns and other feedback about the new system. Here are a few things to know about using the new parking meters, courtesy of Ferndale Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Cristina Sheppard-Decius and Ferndale City Manager April Lynch. Also see the video to the right for a walk-through of using one of the pay stations. 1. ParkMobile is back. ParkMobile is now fully integrated in all lots, said Sheppard-Decius. All parking space number signs now have a shield attached identifying the ParkMobile parking zone that users can enter into their smartphones. 2. You don't need to pay for a full hour. …
Brian Smith
11:43 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Oh my...just like bike paths in February...now March....probably April....they are expensive and no one uses them....seniors and others will not walk half a block to figure out a stupid machine to pay inflated prices to attend outrageously priced venues. Government can only screw up a simple quarter meter process, because of influence by clever vendors....who will never have to make up the $10K … more ›