SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of tourists could soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco.
City and state officials on Monday announced a bill that would give San Francisco the authority to establish a toll and reservation system for the street that winds down a steep hill, in an effort to reduce crowds and traffic congestion.
In the summer months, an estimated 6,000 people a day visit the 600-foot-long street, creating lines of cars that stretch for blocks, clogging the Russian Hill neighborhood. The city needs state approval to charge people to use a public road but it would be up to city officials to determine how and what to charge and how to use the funds. The new toll system is not expected to be in place before 2020, officials said.
Vida Bhatt, a tourist from Melbourne, Australia, said she and her family drove down the crooked street parked their car and then decided to go back and explore the thoroughfare on foot.Bhatt said she would happily pay to have the experience of driving down Lombard Street.
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