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Old 09-19-2011, 05:46 AM
 
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It's been a while since I took the train in on Saturday. Will parking be a problem? Is it still allowed on weekends, if you don't have a pass?
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Old 09-19-2011, 08:30 AM
 
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Rail Commuter Information, Parking Permit and Wait Lists Summary for the Town of Fairfield, CT

[SIZE=4]"Day Parking[/SIZE]
[LEFT]Day parking is permitted in designated areas in front of the train station. Cost is $6.00 a day. A self addressed payment envelope will be placed on the car's windshield. Click here to pay for day parking online.
After 9:00am day parking is permitted in any open parking spot. Cost is $6.00 a day. A self addressed payment envelope will be placed on the car's windshield.
Payment for day parking may be made online. For more information, click here. For login and registration, click here.
Overnight parking if you don't have a permit is permitted in day parking only. Three (3) day maximum.
Parking is free on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays only."

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Old 09-19-2011, 08:31 AM
 
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You do not need a permit for the weekend.

8500 people now on the waiting list...and this town does nothing about it. What joke. It literally grew faster than the new train station lot will reduce it.
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Old 09-19-2011, 11:40 AM
 
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You do not need a permit for the weekend.

8500 people now on the waiting list...and this town does nothing about it. What joke. It literally grew faster than the new train station lot will reduce it.
No, there are 4,278 people on the list for parking at Fairfield Station and there are 4,251 on the list for Southport Station. Many of these are the same people on both lists. The wait is listed as 77 months for Fairfield and 76 months for Southport. Jay
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Old 09-19-2011, 11:47 AM
 
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No, there are 4,278 people on the list for parking at Fairfield Station and there are 4,251 on the list for Southport Station. Many of these are the same people on both lists. The wait is listed as 77 months for Fairfield and 76 months for Southport. Jay
And that fact that you don't find that INSANE, is why I will never understand people like you.

You could get a boat slip in this town, send you kid to college, get a PHD, pay off a car, etc....before you get a parking pass at the train station in the town you live in. Well, the town I live in that is.
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Old 09-19-2011, 12:25 PM
 
Location: New London County, CT
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And that fact that you don't find that INSANE, is why I will never understand people like you.

You could get a boat slip in this town, send you kid to college, get a PHD, pay off a car, etc....before you get a parking pass at the train station in the town you live in. Well, the town I live in that is.
Yes, it is a ridiculous problem. At the same time, what is the proposed solution? Pave over and stripe half of downtown? Westport has similar waits... I get dropped off by my other half when I go in to the city.
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Old 09-19-2011, 12:59 PM
 
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Yes, it is a ridiculous problem. At the same time, what is the proposed solution? Pave over and stripe half of downtown? Westport has similar waits... I get dropped off by my other half when I go in to the city.
Parking garage, either at the currents station, or at the brand new one. Why not garage at the new station? Afraid of what else we'll dig up over there building it? How about just a massive 10,000 car lot at the new station? Plenty of real estate. Nothing but abandoned office space over there.
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:25 PM
 
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Is the lot anywhere near full on Saturdays?
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Old 09-19-2011, 10:01 PM
 
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Parking garage, either at the currents station, or at the brand new one. Why not garage at the new station? Afraid of what else we'll dig up over there building it? How about just a massive 10,000 car lot at the new station? Plenty of real estate. Nothing but abandoned office space over there.
And crowd the entire town streets with commuter cars in the morning? You will need to build 10 lane streets to prevent the parking garage from jamming lol.
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Old 09-20-2011, 06:28 AM
 
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And crowd the entire town streets with commuter cars in the morning? You will need to build 10 lane streets to prevent the parking garage from jamming lol.
It's already jammed up. They refuse to fix that light across from the starbucks, and the traffic backs all the way up to the station. It couldn't get any worse.
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