. >> my name is stephen taber, i am the transportation chair of the russian hill neighbours. it is one of the largest neighborhood associations in the city and represents the interests of the residents of russian hill. what we're dealing with now is a very serious issue for our neighborhood, and it may not be quite as apparent on paper as it is in reality. lombard street is literally the only street that has access, reasonable access to our neighborhood from the northwest when you are coming over the golden gate bridge and coming into our neighborhood. you go down lombard street, you get towards van ness, and you find that cars are lined up on the other side of van ness waiting to go up the hill and over down long bird street. if we can't get into the neighborhood that way, it is very difficult because venice avenue now has no left turn all the wait up to broadway. it is a very big problem for our residents. it obviously is a big problem for tourists, waiting 45 minutes to take a one minute ride down the street. we support the paid reservation system. we also support staff to