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Residents pressure Mill Valley to act on trailhead parking, East Blythe Dale traffic
Summary
Residents described heavy trailhead parking and speeding on narrow neighborhood streets; city manager and staff outlined short‑term steps — no‑parking signage, monitoring and neighborhood engagement — and said longer measures (direction reversal, permit parking) would require further evaluation and policy direction.
Residents from the Escalon and East Blythe Dale neighborhoods told the Mill Valley City Council they face regular congestion, unsafe parking and speeding tied to a popular trailhead and social‑media driven hiking visitors.
Speakers at public comment included Craig Sultan, Debbie Sultan and John Hanley, who described a surge in weekend visitors since the pandemic. Craig Sultan said the neighborhood sees “over 150 cars now a day” on weekdays and “200–300” on weekends (resident estimate reported in public comment). John Hanley, who gave his address as 855 East Blythe Dale, said the speed humps installed earlier had not solved drivers’ behavior and reported near collisions and…
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