Haddonfield Today 136_2023Nov03_Parking
#136 • NOVEMBER 3 TO 24, 2023 Basis = 200 Responses Q6 › Do you find it easy or difficult to use a kiosk to pay for parking? n I don’t want to use a kiosk to pay for parking = 25% n Very easy = 4.5% n Easy = 10.5% n Straightforward but annoying = 39.5% n Difficult = 15% n Very difficult = 5.5% haddonfield.today | 27 Q7 › Have you had trouble finding or getting to a kiosk? n I don’t want to use a kiosk to pay for parking = 28% n Yes = 55.5% n No = 16.5% Q8 › To run a quick errand, have you skipped paying for parking? n Yes = 66.5% n No= 8.5% n No, but I might = 25% Q9 › Since pay-topark on Saturdays was introduced in Haddonfield, have you chosen to shop elsewhere on Saturdays? n Yes = 56% n No= 14% n No, but I might = 30% Q10 › Generally, how do you feel about the new payto-park days and hours (Mon-Sat, 9am-8pm)? n Love it = 0.5% n Like it = 0% n Accept it = 6% n Dislike it = 32.5% n Hate it = 61%
28 | haddonfield.today Parking Survey #136 • NOVEMBER 3 TO 24, 2023 So ... What do you really think? › On Mon Oct 23, we posted a 10-question survey on our petition site. Pie charts for the 200 responses received as of 2:18pm on Wed Nov 1 are presented on pages 26 and 27. More than 120 respondents recorded comments – about 3 of every 5. The first 90 or so are published below, unedited (typos and all), in the order they were received. We do not have space here to publish all of the comments we received, but you can read them on Haddonfield[dot]Today. Scan the QR code n. _______________________ RESPONSE 001 – Free parking on Saturdays and weekdays until 5:00 (five) PM. 002 – Very unfriendly 004 – The Mayor and two other Commissioners have severely damaged businesses in Haddonfield. It’s completely unacceptable their nonchalant behavior when questioned. 005 – Simply return to the longstanding, historic, business supporting coin meter and day/timeframe 007 – Even when it was free on Saturday so many people paid because it was never posted anywhere. Your patrons deserve a break! The money they spend at the stores and restaurants come back as taxes anyway. 010 – It’s not feasible to pay for a full hour of parking & go through all of the hassle with a kiosk or app if you’re just running into the post office to drop off a package for 1 minute, or running into a restaurant to grab takeout. 011 – Parking is difficult, especially if you have handicapped plates, and particularly at the Post Office. 012 – With every concept & decision related to parking, please keep the following at the forefront of your mind: disabled & elderly people (both often the poorest people) will be excluded from necessary shops like grocery stores & pharmacies if parking policies aren’t sympathetic to them. Some states allow disabled placard holders to have free metered parking. If in those places, metered parking is removed for kiosk parking, that takes away something very important to people having a rough time in life. Please make sure that whatever parking scheme is chosen, that it doesn’t make things harder for those whom life has already kicked around & that the state has recognized, lawfully, as worthy of exception. Thank you for your consideration. 013 – On Thursdays my wife and I used to dine in Haddonfield after work. We don’t anymore. We stop at the Haddon Diner with feee parking. 014 – I go to stores like Target instead of going into town when I remember the kiosk. I don’t go to the library often except for 2 min trips when I avoid the horrible kiosks 016 – NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE 017 – Extending to 8 pm is frustrating and cumulatively expensive when attending events or running in to grab takeout downtown in the evening. 020 – This is the worst decision ever made by the commissioners. After 6:00PM and Saturdays need to be free. It’s not fair to the shopkeepers and to those of us who keep this town alive by our support. I had an appointment one day and after finding a place to park the app wouldn’t load on my phone. I was late for my appointment and parked in the Acme lot, something I never do if I’m not shopping there. Not fair to Acme. Haddonfield is already being ruined by the mass tearing down of old houses and replacing them with unsightly monstrous houses. This parking situation is making our town less attractive to shoppers and will contort our downfall. 021 – I would like free first 12 minutes back as well 023 – While I prefer to use a parking app, I want the ability to choose minutes over a full hour. Much like MeterUp allows you to do. 024 – I think parking meters are a thing of the past, but more Kiosks are needed. Including Saturdays was a big mistake for Haddonfield. 025 – Go back to the old schedule and meters. 026 – I miss the free 12 min feature on the meters so I could easily run in to pick up dry cleaning etc. I also don’t like the fact that people / employees can easily stay in their parking spaces all day. It’s harder to find spots close to my destination than it used to be. Finally I help facilitate an evening program downtown once a month. It starts at 7:30 pm. I now have to pay for an hour of parking for that 1/2 hour of time. I really don’t like that. Scan to read ALL SURVEY COMMENTS .
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#<strong>136</strong> • NOVEMBER 3 TO 24, 2023<br />
Basis = 200 Responses<br />
Q6<br />
› Do you find it easy or<br />
difficult to use a kiosk to<br />
pay for parking?<br />
n I don’t want to use a<br />
kiosk to pay for parking<br />
= 25%<br />
n Very easy = 4.5%<br />
n Easy = 10.5%<br />
n Straightforward but<br />
annoying = 39.5%<br />
n Difficult = 15%<br />
n Very difficult = 5.5%<br />
haddonfield.today | 27<br />
Q7<br />
› Have you had trouble<br />
finding or getting to a<br />
kiosk?<br />
n I don’t want to use a<br />
kiosk to pay for parking<br />
= 28%<br />
n Yes = 55.5%<br />
n No = 16.5%<br />
Q8<br />
› To run a quick errand,<br />
have you skipped paying<br />
for parking?<br />
n Yes = 66.5%<br />
n No= 8.5%<br />
n No, but I might = 25%<br />
Q9<br />
› Since pay-topark<br />
on Saturdays<br />
was introduced in<br />
<strong>Haddonfield</strong>, have<br />
you chosen to shop<br />
elsewhere on Saturdays?<br />
n Yes = 56%<br />
n No= 14%<br />
n No, but I might = 30%<br />
Q10<br />
› Generally, how do you<br />
feel about the new payto-park<br />
days and hours<br />
(Mon-Sat, 9am-8pm)?<br />
n Love it = 0.5%<br />
n Like it = 0%<br />
n Accept it = 6%<br />
n Dislike it = 32.5%<br />
n Hate it = 61%
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