Steep drive down Lombard Street, San Francisco, California
Drive down world famous Lombard Street, San Francisco, California.
April 2, 2012 - Shot with GoPro Hero2 Camera, 1080p with medium (127) degree perspective.
en.wikipedia.or...) says:
Lombard Street is best known for the one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being the crookedest [most winding] street in the world (though this title is contested).
The switchback's design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry and instituted in 1922, was born out of necessity in order to reduce the hill's natural 27% grade, which was too steep for most vehicles. It is also a serious hazard to pedestrians, who are accustomed to a more reasonable sixteen-degree incline.
This section of the street, which is about 1⁄4 mile (400 m) long, is reserved for one-way traffic traveling east (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The speed limit in this section is 5 mph (8 km/h).
In 1999, a Crooked Street Task Force was created to try to solve traffic problems in the neighborhoods around the winding section of Lombard Street. In 2001, the Task Force decided that it would not be legal to permanently close the block to vehicular traffic.
Instead, the Task Force decided to institute a summer parking ban in the area, to bar eastbound traffic on major holidays, and to increase fines for parking in the area. The Task Force also proposed the idea of using minibuses to ferry sightseers to the famous block, although residents debated the efficiency of such a solution, since one of the attractions of touring the area is driving along the twisting section of the street.
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Why would anyone want to live on this street? The tourists would drive me up the wall!
@ed5649
5 жыл бұрын
Céhad Dunebuggy or down a wall in this case... 😂
The best time to drive down it is in the spring, that's when the gardens are all in bloom. Beautiful street! :D
1:53 your safe house in San Fierro.
@kirillassasin
4 жыл бұрын
FrZ GTA SA
wow! Thank you for sharing. This is a city I could only dream of really seeing. thank you so much for the chance to get a peek of it!!!
@davidegg22
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for viewing! Too much to see, so little time! Thanks for commenting! Dave.
Shot with GoPro Hero2 Camera, 1080p with medium (127) degree perspective. Thanks for watching and asking. Dave.
To park your car inside the garage is already a real challenge !
@myroadtours6147
7 жыл бұрын
Imagine backing out of their garages, hard to see with those steep hairpin curves and there is no shortage of tourist.
San Fierro
It would stink to have a clutch on a road like that :D
That's pretty cool! What an awesome view the street has! And the height of some of those other roads you were travelling! Wow! I hate to be a learner driver doing hill starts :)
@davidegg22
9 жыл бұрын
Kristy, I would hate to be a learner driver with a stick-shift vehicle doing hill starts let alone an automatic transmission vehicle! Thanks for watching and your observation! Dave.
@BrentHarmon
7 жыл бұрын
With a Stick-shift you just leave in First Gear or Neutral for that matter and keep your foot on the brake and do 5 mph
@jamespage6452
6 жыл бұрын
I learned to drive a --stick-----on these hills and use a clutch correctly. I also drove down lombard in a 70 mustang at-----"20 MPH"....try it some time and see if you can really drive or just steering the car.
Especially exciting around the stop sign at the bottom of the hill! Thanks for the info! Dave.
From wikipedia: "The switchback's design, first suggested by property owner Carl Henry[3] and instituted in 1922,[4] was born out of necessity in order to reduce the hill's natural 27º (51%) grade,[5] which was too steep for most vehicles." This would have been around 1.5 times as steep as the world's current steepest street. I'd love to see Lombard Street when it was straight.
I love walking up the road in the beginning of the video. Its a good work out. San Francisco is beautiful with lots of beautiful scenic views and things to do!
It was a fun experience, I enjoyed it when I went there as a kid, definitely something I'll always remember doing.
@davidegg22
2 жыл бұрын
As simple as it is, it is remembered for a lifetime. Thanks for watching! Dave.
Those homes must cost in the millions. Even if I had the money I wouldn't want to live on Lombard street. Too many tourists, not enough privacy.
@itsmeboo6074
4 жыл бұрын
Same, but look at that lovely blue one 😍💓
Thanks for posting. Always wanted to go there
Unknown. I think the back seat comment was "look at that next one", but I can't be sure myself. I have wife frequency hearing loss you know! Dave.
why would anyone want to live on this street.
@BrentHarmon
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I just read on Zillow.com that condo that is on this part of Lombard St goes for over $4.3 million dollars. With Property Taxes being over $1.5 Million. They ain't kidding when they say SF is expensive place to live.
Beautiful city - hope to get back there one day.
My heart beat so fast everytime i see those streets.
@davidegg22
4 жыл бұрын
Driving these hilly streets can be challenging. Just keep your foot on the brake peddle on the way down!
Those residents with a garage leading off of Lombard: When they want to park their cars into their garages, they have to back their cars in reverse. But first they have to stop their car a bit before, place one or two orange traffic cones onto the road to keep the car behind them OFF their bumpers, then move ahead a few feet to align the car with the garage, then back up towards the garage door, get out and take the traffic cone OFF the road, and then get back into the car and continue reversing the car into the garage. If this is NOT done then tourists are right up behind the driver and he/she cannot back into their garages. Still, a lot of horn honking by the tourists usually results anyways.
I swearr I'm putting that on my agenda to drive here at least once in my life with my manual car. I feel like it would be the most fun experience ever lol, I'd tackle any hill after driving this section of San Francisco. :D
It's maddening how people are constantly stopping on the descent. The right way to drive this hill is in 1st gear at constant speed. When you stop, people driving stickshifts are forced to clutch which takes away their ability to engine brake.
Hell of a Place to build a City. That is one place where you really want/need an Automatic Transmission Thank You, having seen it from your car, I have no need to Fly there
I'm from Pennsylvania, and I have never seen streets like that.
On the news today they said that they were thinking of charging people $5 to drive down the road. Lol!
Just did some city driving this past weekend and recorded thanks for sharing.
Did that project ran out of concrete or something
Just got back from San Fransico man driving up there is not for the faint of hearts. It's a no for me.lol. Man it's scary!
@davidegg22
4 жыл бұрын
Keep your foot on the brakes! Dave.
Big Hii from Kuwait nice video man . Im really impressed by the video quality.Which camera did you use?
This would be less stressful on brakes and low gear it it was one-way uphill
It was fun going down this. We were in a dodge caravan.
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Your recording is perfect!
That's my cousins' building at 1:16 on the left, the Talmapais building, built in 1923, where Bogart climbs down the fire escape in Dark Passage from 1947. Incredible views of Russian Hill and the bay.
I wonder if brake replacements are extra expensive there.
@davidegg22
4 жыл бұрын
Nancy, they probably work on volume!
I gave up the second i saw that road.
@davidegg22
3 жыл бұрын
Too funny! Make sure you check your brakes before you turn down that street!
Steepest downhill I've seen!
Nice places
Well that's the whole reason why manual cars have 3 pedals and not just a Clutch and Gas pedal lol. The Brake is there for a reason, use it. Neutral and use the Brake, it's very easy.
San Fierro didn't change
Nice recording!!👍
Nope it is a 1 way street down hill. The only thing you need to do is put it into neutral and use the break. Just coast down it with breaks :D
it's just like in GTA SA
Ughhn I can’t imagine living there with all those people with no lives just standing around outside. That many people is just gross
How hard was it to make the road straight
@davidegg22
4 жыл бұрын
I believe the road was straight years ago but really steep. At some point in time they installed the barriers and made the road one way. Dave.
looks like a fun road
@davidegg22
4 жыл бұрын
Just keep your speed down! Lots of tourists.
Just enjoy it people..
In which video game? ;)
90% of our streets in Aizawl city are like this. There are even more steeper and crooker streets.
@davidegg22
3 жыл бұрын
You are correct! I went to Google Earth and Aizawl is built in hilly country. It is amazing why these cities started years ago in such unfriendly terrain. It looks like Aizawl is a beautiful city. Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave.
@meemi7249
3 жыл бұрын
@@davidegg22 Indeed its a beautiful city, the weather here is perfectly moderate. But the streets are too narrow thats why I look out for other hill cities and I ended up here. We have the narrowest city streets in Aizawl.
these house cost well over 3 mil
@jimblue39
4 жыл бұрын
Yes and imagine trying to get out of or into your driveway!
Put your transmission on low gear.🤣
puta saudade dessa cidade :)
Hi
Saw a guy peeing in the flowers when i was there
Nice street
YUP. agreed.
Well really it's more like 1:40, but yeah.
toll it! donate the money to pollution reduction measures.
Grove Street, Home ... :')
It doesn't look that bad
I went there
There was a lot of people taking pics of us
@Subswithnovideos-wq5vm
8 жыл бұрын
2016 I went there
Cherry 3 hils
Came here after hearing that they want to toll the street
@davidegg22
5 жыл бұрын
Too funny! I read that article also. I guess the road can get really congested some days. It will be interesting to see what they do. Dave.
Hills
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San Francisco Rush
What's so special about this street?
@yutehube7633
4 жыл бұрын
GTASA.
1:40
That street should've been pedestrians only. All that's doing is money on gas and brake pads and rotors.
Calton Heights GTA SA.
Watch_Dogs_2 Driver San Francisco
just like watch dogs
Bieeeet
Skip the bull shit. 1:53
They are now charging people if you want to go down the street
@davidegg22
3 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable!
I don’t get it wth is it so famous about this street ?? It’s nothing but curve road 🙄
Unknown. I think the back seat comment was "look at that next one", but I can't be sure myself. I have wife frequency hearing loss you know! Dave.