A proposal to replace traditional parking meters with a digital payment system was presented at the Monday, March 9, meeting of the Village of Great Neck Estates Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n
Kevin Wood of Parking and Mobility Consultants outlined a digital parking management program that would allow drivers to pay for parking using pay-by-cell or tap-to-pay technology.<\/p>\n
If implemented, the system would make Great Neck Estates the first village in Great Neck to introduce a pay-by-cell parking program.<\/p>\n
Wood said the village\u2019s current parking meters are about 14 years old and require regular maintenance and servicing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current system has a net cost of 34% after maintenance and other expenses,\u201d Wood said.<\/p>\n
Wood said replacing the meters with a digital system could increase parking revenue while reducing operating costs by 11%.<\/p>\n
The proposed program would include a pay-by-plate system, allowing drivers to enter their license plate number at the time of payment rather than display a physical receipt. Enforcement officers would be able to verify payments digitally.<\/p>\n
Wood said the system could also allow drivers to extend parking sessions remotely and offer validation or extended-stay options without requiring users to download an app.<\/p>\n
Digital payment systems have become increasingly common, he added, noting that about 75% of Americans now adapted similar programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our initial opinion that Great Neck Estates is due and justified in a parking rate increase,\u201d Wood said.<\/p>\n
Mayor William Warner said the presentation was intended to familiarize trustees and residents with the concept before the village considers pursuing vendors or entering into an agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is before we got an official agreement and looking for a vendor,\u201d Warner said, noting that Wood has previously worked with the village in a professional services role.<\/p>\n
Warner said the board may also review parking rates, which have remained unchanged for many years. The village currently charges 25 cents per half hour for metered parking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In other business, Warner praised the village\u2019s Department of Public Works for its response to recent snowstorms, saying he received several calls from residents complimenting the department\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Public Works Superintendent Ernest Garvey said storms can present challenges, including obtaining fuel for vehicles during severe weather, but crews worked to keep equipment operating and roads clear.<\/p>\n
Residents also thanked the public works team for maintaining village roads and parking lots, which trustees said had only minor potholes following the winter storms.<\/p>\n
Police department officials also noted that the village has begun installing fixed license plate readers at its entrances. The cameras will scan incoming vehicles and alert police if a license plate is flagged in law enforcement databases.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The board also authorized the mayor to sign an agreement with Municipal Valuation Services for annual institute evaluations.<\/p>\n
Trustees granted permission to the Udall Scopes Preservation Committee to hold its 57th annual cleanup on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n
Resident Emily Frank also notified the board that bald eagles have been spotted nesting in a treetop on Amherst Road. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of white poop,\u201d Frank said, \u201cbut it\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A proposal to replace traditional parking meters with a digital payment system was presented at the Monday, March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123,65649],"class_list":["post-159197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-village-of-great-neck-estates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}