[OMS_MANAGERS] Bike Lanes

[president at historicwillamette.com]

Thanks. This is the exact literature I found

 

Thanks

Shannen

President

Historic Willamette Main Street

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503-349-0015

 

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> On Behalf Of Elisa Joy Payne
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 9:06 AM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Bike Lanes

 

>From what I understand, ODOT is in charge of the state-level regulations on bicycle facilities (which is how they reference bike lanes and all the infrastructure tied to them), but of course local jurisdictions can have stricter practices.  Here's the specific section from the ODOT Bike/Ped regulations and the link below. 

 

When the posted speed of a highway is 25 mph or less, such as STAs or traditional downtown areas, bike lanes are not required. Bicyclists can ride in the travel lane with motor vehicles. The painted stripe can be omitted from the required minimum shoulder width to result in a shared lane, wider than a typical travel lane. However, not all bicyclists are comfortable in traffic, especially children. Consider improved bicycle accommodation where riding is prohibited on sidewalks.   

 

https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Engineering/Documents_RoadwayEng/HDM_13-Ped-Bicycle.pdf  

 

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On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 4:53 PM <historicwillamette at gmail.com <mailto:historicwillamette at gmail.com> > wrote:

We are going through a streetscape with the city and arguing over bike lanes.  We know they are required, but the city is forcing us to have 6.5’ bike lane on each side of the road in our Main Street. All the standards I can fine both state and national are anywhere from 5’ to 6.5’ as the “recommended” widths, but nothing “requiring” 6.5’.  Most standards say 5’ is the minimum and that larger ones are recommended for passing (which we don’t need as we are not on a hill and have a 20mph shopping district).    We are in a small suburb with only 3 bike trips a day recorded so no one will be using these bike lanes. Our topography is such that you have to be a serious cyclist or have an e-bike to traverse most of the town. We feel this is a lot of real estate to devote to bike lanes that no one will use and having a large bike lane will just encourage high speed cyclists in our area.  We feel the if the lanes were smaller, we could expand outdoor patio seating on the sidewalks which is more important to our main street district. These are protected “cycle tracks” as well so a dedicated lane for the cyclists which to me tells me they don’t need to be as large when they are not mixing with cars.  There is angled parking, a 3 foot planter strip, then the bike lane.  Bikes are 10 feet from cars and next to the sidewalk.  We don’t think they need that large of a lane.  

 

Anyone else have experience with bike lane width/standards in your city?  Looking for other cities who have done smaller bike lanes to justify that the lanes don’t need to be this big in our town of non-commuters.   I’m being told this is the standard but have no proof to substantiate this. If other cities have done smaller lanes, maybe I can prove the smaller lanes are done to council and the size needs to be revisited.

 

Thanks

Shannen

President

Historic Willamette Main Street

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