Lincoln Street Bikeway Project
Project Background
The City of Eugene has secured funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation to design and build an all ages and abilities bike facility on Lincoln Street between 13th Avenue and 5th Avenue in 2025. A major goal of the Lincoln Street Bikeway Project is to create a safe and comfortable way for people on bikes to travel north and south on Lincoln Street between 13th Avenue and 5th Avenue.
The City's long-range Transportation System Plan identifies Lincoln Street as an important bicycle connection, linking the city’s existing bicycle lanes on 13th Avenue and 5th Avenue, in addition to increasing access to the downtown area.
The City of Eugene is committed to a vision of zero traffic deaths and life altering injuries, reducing green house gas emissions, and providing more transportation options to all community members. The addition of an all ages and abilities bike facility on Lincoln Street moves the city one step closer toward achieving that vision.
What’s being planned?
There are currently two distinct segments of Lincoln Street between 13th Avenue and 5th Avenue, as shown in the picture below.
11th Ave - 5th Ave Segment
Lincoln Street between 11th Avenue and 5th Avenue has two north bound vehicle travel lanes, on-street parking on the west side of the street, and a north bound bike lane on the east side of the street.
The proposed design between 11th and 5th Avenues on Lincoln Street suggests removing one of two north bound vehicle travel lanes and adding a south bound bike lane. The southbound bike lane will be adjacent to the existing north bound bike lane, the bike lanes will be separated from the vehicle travel lane by a curb. The current on-street parking will remain as it is. Have questions about why this design is being proposed? See the “Why this design?” question in the FAQ tab on the right-hand side of this page.
13th Ave - 11th Ave Segment
Lincoln Street between 13th Avenue and 11th Avenue has one north bound vehicle travel lane, one south bound vehicle travel lane, and on-street parking on both the east and west sides of the street. There is no separate space for people riding bikes.
There are two design options for the 13th Avenue to 11th Avenue segment of Lincoln, Design Option A and Design Option B.
Design Option A is the same as the proposed design for the 11th Avenue to 5th Avenue segment of Lincoln. To create Design Option A, the south bound vehicle travel lane and east side on-street parking would be removed. Option A would add a curb protected space for people riding bikes to travel north and south on Lincoln to the east side of the street.
Design Option B keeps Lincoln between 13th Avenue and 11th Avenue much as it is today but would add speed humps and curb extensions to slow people driving and make those two blocks friendlier to people riding bikes.
How to be Involved
- Attend an in-person or virtual meeting to learn about the project and ask questions. Event details can be viewed under the "Key Dates" tab on the right-hand side of this page.
- The project survey, Ideas tool, and Map tool are now closed. Thank you to those that contributed. The Questions tool remains open.