As part of its Transportation and Growth Management-funded TSP update, the City of Ashland examined a road diet on North Main Street (OR 99) which would reduce the number of lanes from four to three, providing room for bicycle lanes. North Main Street is an alternative route to I-5, so ODOT's Commerce and Compliance Division was brought in. After extensive consultations between the city and state and a major public involvement effort, the city proceeded with a one-year pilot project to restripe North Main Street. After the one-year pilot period, the city council voted to make the road diet permanent.
See the excerpt from TGM Tangibles Volume II.