Bike lanes are coming to Polk Street next year.
In spring or summer 2027, the city of Eugene will make room for the bike lanes by removing street parking on both sides of Polk from 18th Avenue to the alleyway between Sixth and Fifth avenues, a north-south corridor stretching from the Whiteaker to the Friendly neighborhood.
There is $230,000 from the 2022 Street Repair Bond Measure set aside for the project, which the city plans to put out for bid. Transportation staff have surveyed more than 1,000 people, studied Polk Street traffic and parking, and held three community meetings on the proposal over the past several months. The most recent was in the Jefferson Westside neighborhood on Tuesday, July 14…