San Francisco residents meet to discuss Lombard Street

  • 2016-09-25
San Francisco’s Lombard Street may be the most winding street in the world, with its twists and turns drawing an average of 16,000 visitors a day. On September 13, Russian Hill residents met with city officials to try and find a solution to the congestion, according to an ABC7 news item.

The meeting was originally slated to be informal, but as issues were raised, people began to demand answers. In particular, residents said they were tired of the heavy foot-traffic in the area, which has been steadily getting worse, and the noise levels that come with it.

One man described it as a “small catastrophe . . . every three-day weekend.” Others wanted officials to remember that they had been living in the area long before the tourists became a problem. Another resident, Anne Brubaker, dismissed the suggestion that residents who did not know what they were getting into should move. Brubaker’s mother moved to Russian Hill 69 years ago, and says things were very different then.

Some suggestions were to make Lombard a toll street, to hire more officers for parking control, or to make Lombard a pedestrian-only street. Officials will analyze the residents’ feedback and present recommendations to the board of supervisors at year end.

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