Residential Main Street

Do you want our Surf City Main Street to be safer and more ‘residential’?

What is Residential Main Street (RMS)?

Residential Main St. is the 1.0 mile stretch of Main St. extending from 17th St. to the downtown Huntington Beach Library. It’s home to almost 150 houses, 11 cross streets, 3 schools, 2 parks, a church and (almost) zero businesses. It’s used by all of us to walk our children to school, take our dogs to the park, bike downtown, go for a run, as well as 100s of other activities. By definition, it’s residential.

Facts about Residential Main St.

  • It's Not Local Friendly

    Did you know that there is only 1 red light , two crosswalks and zero stop signs on all of Residential Main St. despite there being 143 homes?

  • Increased Fatalities

    Did you know that Residential Main St. contributed to 2% of all fatal car accidents in Huntington Beach over the past 10 years while only being 0.1% of HB’s roadways?

  • Frequently Used

    Residential Main St. is used by 1000’s of students, bicyclists and pedestrians every day while having minimal typical residential safeguards like bike lanes and crosswalks.

Compare RMS to Commercial Main Street (CMS)

Commercial Main St. is made up of the 1.5 mile stretch from Beach Blvd. to 17th St. (where RMS begins) and the 0.5 mile stretch from the downtown HB Library (where RMS ends) to PCH. While CMS is 2.0 miles in total length, it has ZERO homes facing it and has 8 red lights, 3 stop signs and numerous crosswalks.

We Are Asking For:

  • The city of Huntington Beach to treat Residential Main St. as a true residential street and not a thoroughfare from Downtown to ‘Upper’ Commercial Main St.

  • Overall improvement in the safety and usability of Residential Main St.

  • A new roundabout at either Adams Ave. or 14th St. (to slow traffic coming into RMS from the North)

  • New roundabout at Palm Ave. (to slow traffic coming down Main St. as well as leaving Downtown)

  • A designated bike lane from Adams to Downtown

  • Improvements to the crosswalk between Lake and Farquhar Parks

  • Additional crosswalks along the length of RMS

  • The addition of stop signs at key locations along RMS

Support improvements to RMS? Have your own ideas on how we should improve your Main St.? Help us….