Member Jeff Smith asked Diede for official drawings and specifications. Smith, who works on the same floor as Diede in the Portland Buildling, says he never got them. Diede will be the team leader of the new Project Management Division, which will be reponsible for designing roads that will be friendly to all modes of transportation. Some of the bad feelings may stem from the complexity of the Lovejoy project. Lovejoy Street is a design nightmare.
Federal law requires wide sidewalks.
Business people want parking on both sides of the street, and a streetcar will run down the westbound side. There might not be enough room for two bike lanes. It's a difficult project, Birk agrees. But all future bike projects will be difficult. Paint trucks added bike lanes to most of the city's wide streets, such as North Willamette and Southwest Terwilliger boulevards.