It's always seemed like a foregone conclusion that the first option would happen. The process is little more than a dog and pony show. Between PBOT and Alta, it's a stacked deck.

Hopefully Williams at one lane doesn't end up like Interstate after they put in the MAX: basically impassable by car any time between 3-7 PM.

option 3 is the only one that makes sense...the other options leave no parking which will destroy any independent businesses there...

seriously designing to be 'green' and removing parking like this hurts the whole economic system of that area...sacrifice sidewalk space to give more room to cyclists if it is absolutely necessary

sorry...should have said, the other options remove a lane of traffic...sacrifice a few feet from each sidewalk and you can have two car lanes, a two-way bike lane, AND two parking lanes...seriously one foot from each sidewalk can make that single bike lane a double bike lane and EVERYONE WINS

Planners always know what they're going to do before they ask anyone's opinion. Their solution after 8 months of pretending to care will be exactly what it was before all the process.

They should give the bikers the lane on N. Williams but take back the lanes on Stark and Oak, which are total failures. Who the hell wants to go out of their way downtown to ride down Stark and Oak?

Most of the troubles I experience on that stretch (as a motorist) are from cars trying to park where they can't fit or waiting for a spot to open like they are in a parking lot, instead of a public road. Knock it down to a single travel lane and it will surely be gridlock from 3pm on.
I think a better plan would be for them to limit street parking between Cook & Skidmore to only the left side, and give cyclists a larger lane on the right with two travel lanes in the center.
Most of the missing parking spaces could be taken up by building public parking structures adjacent to the (planned) New Seasons Market and the (planned) housing at Skidmore & Williams. They could meter the structures to help offset the cost.

Option 4: Ban bicycles and make each lane 12.5'. They never stay in the bike lane and when they use the auto lanes they never follow the law.

I am a homeowner in the neighborhood, and I vote for option 1 and 2. Get rid of the 2 car lanes, one car lane is enough. If we want to promote a green livable city infrastructure, the more public transit, pedestrian walkways, and safe bicycle lanes the better. Oil isn't going to be around forever. Let's start the change now. Meanwhile, N. Williams bicycle lane usage has increased almost equal to vehicle traffic. Let's not slow down the momentum.

@Chris - Judging by Google Maps view, the side of the street only holds about 15 parking spaces per block. New Season is going to need to build a parking skid anyways. If they use the same amount of space they used for their Killingsworth location they will support about 100 parking spaces. If the city was to add in one more level of metered parking (above or below) they could take up the loss of available street parking.
Now I don't claim to know the numbers of what it cost to build an extra layer of concrete that will support 100+ cars and pedestrians, but I'm guessing the number you quoted was for a full parking structure like seen downtown with attendants an maintenance costs budgeted in. My suggestion is more along the lines of the structure located next to the Safeway near Lloyd Center. Instead of manning it with an attendant, use the parking meter set up used for street parking and have parking enforcement make it part of their normal rounds.

@Chris - Bikes already have access to 42% of the space on N. Williams. The sidewalks are public right-of-way (since you've chosen to use that argument), privately funded by adjacent land owners.

"Parking structures cost roughly $20,000 per spot in up-front construction costs. I don't think it would make sense in these times of budget austerity to spend that kind of money to subsidize private vehicle parking. If off-street parking is in demand, let the free market fill the need. A private developer can build a parking garage if it makes financial sense."

The free market HAS decided, which is why there are two car lanes. It's why you see all those cars in the road.

And oil isn't going to be around forever, but that doesn't mean we're all going to be commuting by bike in 20 years. Whatever the next broadly utilized means of conveyance is, it's going to be car-like. It just won't run in fossil fuel.

Please don't repeat the SW Broadway / Parked lane buffer - i.e. Option 1. No one knows what to do with themselves and between nearly getting doored, pedestrians moseying out into the bike lane at every crosswalk, and no easy way to make Left Turns, that is a terrible option. Option 2 would be ok, though I don't really see the problem with what is there now. If people weren't in taking Vancouver/Williams to dodge I-5 in route to their mcmansions in the Dirty Couve, it would be fine. (But they still bitch about the Light Rail option on the CRC...)

@Chuck - the "conveyance of the future" will require nowhere near the space that single occupant vehicles do now. As GoogleCars are already prooving out, computers can do a much more efficient and safe job of getting us there. But anyway, let's chop down the lanes now to get ready for computer driven, bubble cars that take your destination and seamlessly merge into traffic to get you there.

Pro-tip to Beavertron Andy: N Williams isn't in Beavertron, so you don't have to worry. You can stay in your bastion of 'look how nice our pedicured neighborhood is free from pesky yet healthy liberals on bikes' and everything will be ok.

"Williams isn't in Beavertron, so you don't have to worry. You can stay in your bastion of 'look how nice our pedicured neighborhood is free from pesky yet healthy liberals on bikes' and everything will be ok."

While I don't entirely disagree with this sentiment, it's rather ironic considering the reason this process was started. African Americans in that neighborhood would say the same thing to the Bike Portland crowd who are dead set on removing car lanes for bike lanes.