Polk Street Bike Lanes
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The survey close date has been extended from February 6th to March 20th.
February 2026 Update
Staff have planned another meeting about Polk Street for Tuesday, March 3rd. This meeting will present the same content as the January 21st meeting. If you attended the January meeting, you do not need to attend the March meeting.
Date: Tuesday, March 3rd
Location: Faith Center (1410 W 13th Avenue)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting structure: Staff will give a short presentation beginning at 6:30pm. The presentation will be followed by guided small group conversations where neighbors can talk with each other and ask questions of staff as needed.
January 2026 Update
The first Polk Street community meetings was held on Wednesday, January 21st, 2026, at the Faith Center (1410 W 13th Avenue). City staff gave a short presentation followed by time for community members to discuss the project. Staff collected comments and questions from the meeting and have assembled a Q&A document. The Q&A document and a PDF version of the meeting's presentation are available under the "Documents" tab on the right side of this page.
Project Overview
The City of Eugene identified Polk Street from 2nd Avenue to 18th Avenue for bike lanes through a community-driven process called Move EUG in 2023. Bike lanes on Polk Street also were identified in the Transportation System Plan, adopted in 2017.
Polk Street is a popular bicycle route that does not provide dedicated space for people biking. Currently, Polk Street has two vehicle travel lanes and on-street parking on both sides of the street. Adding bike lanes to Polk Street would likely require removing some or all of the on-street parking. The graphic below shows how space is allocated on Polk Street today (current condition) and how space could be allocated if bike lanes are added (proposed project).
Community Engagement
Funding to add bike lanes on Polk Street comes from the voter approved 2022 Street Repair Bond Measure. While funding has been set aside, the City has not made final decisions about adding bike lanes or changing the street design.
Hearing from community members is a vital part of the planning process. Beginning in late 2025, community members will be able to take a survey, learn more about upcoming community meetings, engage in dialogue with other community members and more.
Reasons for the Proposed Change
Polk Street is a primary biking route for people travelling north and south between the Whiteaker and Friendly neighborhoods. Polk Street is one of the few streets that runs from 2nd Avenue to 28th Avenue and serves as an alternate route to Chambers Street.
Observation of Polk Street shows people biking, including with children, weaving in and out of the on-street parking lane, riding with traffic and being aggressively passed by people driving, lane splitting between parked cars and stopped traffic, biking on the sidewalk and other unsafe behaviors by both people driving and people biking. The speed and volume of vehicles that use Polk Street, the behavior of people driving and biking, and Polk Street's connectivity make the street an important candidate for dedicated bike lanes.
