Bend Bike Night
Bend’s First Bike Night: Showcasing Bend’s Love Affair with Cycling Cyclists of all ages and skill levels got a chance to mingle with other bike enthusiasts during the first ever …
Wilson Ave and 3rd Street
It’s open! On May 21, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the official re-opening of the Wilson Avenue Corridor Modernization Project. The work was designed to improve safety and …
Compass Park to Drake Park
With summer approaching, we’re highlighting safe routes to parks as an important piece of a connected biking and walking network. So grab the kids and hop on your bicycle(s) for …
May is National Bike Month!
We are hoping that you spent the month getting out there and riding your bike. Read on to find out about an upcoming Envision Bend Roadshow, our favorite route from …
Join our new squeaky wheel club!
Happy Earth Month! April is Earth month! We believe that getting more people on bikes is one of the most important things we can do to help protect the Earth. …
Warmer weather means it’s time for biking!
I’m sure you’ve noticed all of the street projects going in all around the city lately. While it sometimes can mean detours and delays, it also means that new infrastructure …
Transportation Connects Us
If the recent weather is any indication, 2024 is going to be a year filled with everything under the sun. Read on to find out our take on the City’s …
10 Years of Bend Bikes
Happy new year! As 2023 comes to a close, I invite you to reflect on the great strides Bend has made in becoming a more livable and bikeable community. We …
Drake Park to Pilot Butte State Park
Want to get from Drake Park to Pilot Butte State Park on a bike? This route’s for you! This whole route is not suitable for all people to ride (i.e. …
How do we create more community connections?
I pose this question as both something that we should be thinking about physically creating through things like the multi-use paths proposed in the Deschutes County Transportation System Plan update …
Safe Streets Save Lives
As a city, we all know the direction we need to be headed for a climate friendly future, a more connected community, healthier lives, and safer streets for all of …
Safe Streets for All People Wrap-up
What did we learn? Last August, two Dutch transportation planners, Sjors Svender and Joost Toxopeus, came to Bend to introduce the philosophy of Dutch transportation planning to local planners, engineers, …
Safe Streets for All People
Bend Bikes invites you to a series of rides and a lecture, Safe Streets for All! Join Sjors Van Duren, a transportation engineer and planner, to learn about Dutch design …
New board members, a bicycle film fest, and more!
Gearing up for all things bike, Bend Bikes is moving through this year full steam ahead. We are happy to announce three new board members who have already shown great enthusiasm in …
Get your bikey updates – just in time for Bike Month!
With this wave of warm weather, it’s time to dust off your bike, inflate those tires, and get back out on your bike. We’ll see you out there! And in …