After city balks at neighbors’ request for bike lane, 34th Ave resident goes public

(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland)
After nine months and 270 petition signatures, the people who live on SE 34th Avenue between Clinton and Division just can’t seem to persuade the city to remove five parking spots in front of their houses in order to add a bike lane.
“It’s not strictly a bicycle issue. It’s just traffic working more smoothly.”
— Mark Zahner
“We’re just framing the argument as safety on this block vs. parking spots,” said Mark Zahner, who lives at 34th and Clinton and has led the campaign. “We see there’s a lot of near misses, we’ve acknowledged the problem, we’ve got support from the neighbors. Where do we go from here?”