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4. The AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities recommends that bike <br />lane widths are 6 feet when placed next to on-street parking. <br />5. S. Willamette Street between 19th and 24th will be undergoing a Pavement <br />Preservation project, providing the City with an opportunity to: (a) update the street <br />cross section; and, (b) add bicycle lanes and travel lane widths to adopted and <br />recommended standards. This project provides the opportunity for extending <br />southbound bike lanes from 1 ih to 23rd on S. Willamette and northbound bike lanes <br />from 24th and Willamette to 18th and Oak via 20th Avenue from Willamette to Oak. <br />6. · If parking is removed from the west side of S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd it is <br />wide enough to support a combination of standard and m~nimum width travel lanes <br />and bike lanes. <br />7. Parking studies show that the average and peak parking volume on Willamette <br />between 20th and 23rd is minimal. Re-striping S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd <br />with bike lanes, rather than providing for parking, is a more efficient use of the public <br />way and is in the best interest of the public. <br />8. Removing parking from the west side of S. Willamette between 20th and 23rd to <br />allow for bike lanes enables the public to use S. Willamette and Oak Streets in a more <br />efficient, multi-modal manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public. <br />9. If parking is removed from the east side of Oak Street between 20th and 23rd it is <br />wide enough to support a combination of standard and minimum width travel lanes <br />and bike lanes. <br />10. Parking studies show that the average and peak parking volume on Oak Street <br />between 19th and 20th can be accommodated in the area. Re-striping Oak Street <br />between 19th and 20th with bike lanes, rather than providing for parking, is a more <br />efficient use of the public way and is in the best interest of the public. <br />11. Removing parking from the east side of Oak Street between 19th and 20th to allow for <br />bike lanes enables the public to use Oak Street in a more efficient, multi-modal <br />manner and, therefore, is in the best interest of the public. <br />12. The bike lane network currently has a gap midway between 17th and 18th, with north <br />and southbound bikes only on the northern portion and no bike facilities on the <br />southern portion. The southern portion has no on-street parking. The existing <br />southbound configuration on S. Willamette includes a left turn only lane, a thru only <br />Administrative Order --Page 3 of 4