This infrastructure project will improve multimodal safety, connectivity, and comfort along W. Oklahoma Ave. from S. 27th Street to S. 6th Street. This segment is 1.5 miles long and includes 6 signalized intersections.

The design for the project included a comprehensive public engagement process to determine exactly which improvements at which locations would best meet the needs of the community.

This project will have numerous benefits, including creating safer crossings for pedestrians, reducing crashes, increasing walking, biking, and transit use, and improving public health.

The community provided feedback on two design alternatives. The final preferred design blends elements of both alternatives, keeping on-street parking where it is utilized and providing bike access and protection where possible.

• Implement a road diet, or reduce travel lanes from 4 to 3, between 22nd Street and 6th Street
• Install protected bike lanes between 22nd Street and 18th Street
  • Remove on-street parking on the north side of the street between 22nd - 20th and 19th - 18th in this section
• Install buffered bike lanes between 18th Street and 6th Street
  • Preserve all on-street parking in this section
• Add pedestrian refuge islands at 26th, 25th, 18th, 11th and 10th Streets to provide pedestrians a safe way to cross one direction of traffic at a time
• Add concrete bump-outs at 26th, 25th, 22nd, 20th, 18th, 16th, 13th, and 11th Streets to shorten pedestrian crossing distances and discourage passing on the right
• Add bus boarding islands at 20th and 13th Streets to prioritize bus efficiency along Oklahoma Avenue

Construction is anticipated to begin March 31, 2025 and be completed in the 2025 construction season. Two-way traffic will be maintained through construction, with short-term lane closures and on-street parking restrictions throughout the project corridor expected.