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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shannen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Historic Willamette Main Street<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>