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Princeton Council Dedicates Franklin Avenue Affordable Housing Site As Interim Parking Lot

Posted on August 28, 2018 by

Princeton Council focused on parking once again at their Monday night meeting, and decided to expand the range of parking options in town by at least 150 spaces. Specifically, Council decided to start charging for parking at the Franklin Avenue … Continue reading →

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Parking-On-Demand Comes To Princeton With Launch Of ‘Possumus’ Program

Posted on February 20, 2018 by

Princeton just got a new way to park. You may have read about Arash Sadeghi last year in the Princeton Echo or in the Princeton Packet. The graduate of Oxford and Princeton universities was launching a tech startup to allow people … Continue reading →

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Fixing Princeton’s Parking Problems In Three Easy Steps

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

The town of Princeton is holding a public meeting tonight (June 14) to discuss parking. The meeting is the latest in a series of discussions led by consultants hired by the town to evaluate issues relating to parking. These issues … Continue reading →

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Limiting Undergraduate Parking Is Consistent With Princeton University’s History

Posted on May 10, 2016 by

Princeton University undergraduates and the ‘Daily Princetonian’ editorial board are protesting about a plan by the University to limit undergraduate car parking on campus. This is nothing new. Students have been protesting for decades about plans by the University to … Continue reading →

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Princeton Library Should Offer Equal Rewards For Walking And Driving

Posted on September 22, 2015 by

Last week, Princeton Council voted against a proposed ordinance to limit ‘free’ parking for users of Princeton’s Public Library. Library users are currently able to validate parking tickets from the municipally-owned Spring Street Garage, to allow 2 hours of parking without … Continue reading →

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Porous Pavement In Doylestown

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

Here’s something interesting spotted on a recent visit to Doylestown, PA: it’s a parking lot with porous pavement. As seen in the photo above, the area where cars are parked is made up of a type of asphalt that allows … Continue reading →

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Princeton Council Poised To Adopt New Overnight Parking Restrictions

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

Princeton Council looks set to adopt new restrictions on overnight parking in town. A vote has been scheduled for Monday night, June 8, to decide how much of the town will be subject to a ban on overnight parking.

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