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Protected bike lanes are coming to a stretch of East 24th in South Eugene

A street with sidewalks and bike lanes. Trees and grass and a building also in view.
Rachael McDonald
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KLCC
The city is looking to repave and add protected bike lanes to the stretch of East 24th Avenue from Amazon Parkway to Agate Street in South Eugene.

After public input, the City of Eugene is moving forward with plans to put protected bike lanes on East 24th Avenue in the South University neighborhood.

The stretch between Agate Street and Amazon Parkway passes a small shopping area, the Eugene YMCA and Roosevelt Middle School. The road also connects to the Amazon Bike Path.

Marion Suitor Barnes with Eugene Public Works said the public expressed a preference for something different from the protected bike lanes in other parts of town. Instead of tall bollards, the separation from vehicle traffic will be lower to the ground.

“They’re kind of like speed bumps but they’re kind of diagonal,” she said. “The thing about them is that they go in the ground using bolts and so they’re moveable.”

The city is looking to use low, modular curbs, such as Zicla Zebras for the protected bike lanes on East 24th. This is an illustration of the Zebra configuration.
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The city is looking to use low, modular curbs, such as Zicla Zebras for the protected bike lanes on East 24th. This is an illustration of the Zebra configuration.

The city is seeking a grant from ODOT to help pay for the bike lanes.

The project will require eliminating about 70 parking spots.

“The removal of the parking process is through an administrative order,” she said. “There’s still an appeals process that’s happening. So, community members still have the option to go in and lodge an appeal.”

The Administrative Order was issued on April 17 and the public can appeal the order by May 30.

Suitor Barnes said, if that order goes forward, the city will start with repaving the road. The bike lane improvements will come later.

There’s a community meeting on the project on Tuesday, May 13 at 6 p.m. at Roosevelt Middle School.

Corrected: May 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM PDT
A previous version of this story misstated the deadline to appeal the administrative order, and mis-characterized the status of the ODOT grant.
Rachael McDonald is KLCC’s host for All Things Considered on weekday afternoons. She also is the editor of the KLCC Extra, the daily digital newspaper. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000.
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