September 2024 Newsletter
Your Vote Matters In our special election edition, we have a candidate questionnaire that we’ve sent to all city council candidates. Please read on to find out their answers to …
Speak out for bikes
Make Your Voice Heard Would you be able to go for a week without a car? Roughly 30% of Oregonians don’t have reliable access to a car and cannot drive. …
Speak Out for Safety
With so much happening around the city and in the world today, it’s important to remember what we are working towards. We are hopeful that the safety of all people …
Sun’s Out, Spokes Out: Hit the Road on Two Wheels This Summer
This month’s favorite ride is a couple of options to get to Phil’s Trailhead. Although we we wish there were a less convoluted route that was safer, we are hopeful …
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 …
Better Bike Cities Don’t Happen by Chance
The extra day this month isn’t going to waste! Get involved in making Bend a safer and more enjoyable city to walk, bike, and roll in by providing input on …
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 …
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 …
Protected bike infrastructure makes cities safer for everyone
Safe Streets for All People For those of you that missed the Safe Streets for All People presentation, you can watch the recording now! We learned a lot from our …
Summer bike happenings
Safe Streets for All People Bend Bikes and several partners: the City of Bend, the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization, Central Oregon Landwatch, and the LPS Family Fund, are bringing the …
Portland Ave, Butler Market, ThinkBike Workshop – So much happening!
Safety for All of Us The recent death of the young person riding an e-bike is a terrible tragedy. The loss of a child weighs heavily on his parents and …