Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco

California lawmakers approved a bill Thursday granting San Francisco the power to establish a toll and reservation system for Lombard Street. It still needs Gov. Newsom's signature.|
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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of tourists could soon be forced to make reservations and pay to drive the famous crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco.

California lawmakers approved a bill Thursday granting San Francisco the power to establish a toll and reservation system for Lombard Street. The bill still needs Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature.

The San Francisco County Transportation Authority has recommended $5 per car weekdays and $10 weekends and holidays.

Residents say the scenic street has become more like an overcrowded amusement park than a neighborhood street.

They have been calling for years for officials to address traffic jams, trash and trespassing.

Tourism officials estimate that 6,000 people daily visit the 600-foot-long (183-meter-long) street in the summer, creating lines of cars stretching for blocks.

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