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Posted on July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 by Elisa Cheng

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 …

Board of Directors / Newsletter / Policy
Posted on March 30, 2023April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

All the bikey updates!

Donor Spotlight: Spurcycle Discount for Bend Bikes Supporters! In support of Bend Bikes, Spurcycle is offering a spring discount to all of our supporters with 15% off from April 1-15th. …

Board of Directors / Events / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on October 28, 2022April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

Election Season, Midtown Crossings Updates, Road Diets, and Social Connectivity by Bike…

This month we are highlighting a whole bunch of stuff about what City Council and mayoral candidates vision for our bikey future, Midtown Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings updates, road diets, …

Advocacy / Board of Directors / Newsletter / Policy
Posted on April 28, 2022April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

DCLD Rules Finish Line and Join the Board of Bend Bikes!

Some good stuff this month… an important call to action to get bold visionary transportation rules at the state level, last call to join the board of Bend Bikes, statewide …

Advocacy / Bike Train / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond / Uncategorized
Posted on March 30, 2022April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

2022 Strategery and the Kitchen Sink

Oh boy, this is a long one! After taking some time to reset after the winter break and all the work that went into our bike map launch, spring is …

Advocacy / Bike Map / Newsletter / Policy / Volunteer
Posted on February 25, 2022April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

OTC Advocacy, E-Bike Joy, and Safe Routes to School!

Winter is back and we hope everyone is staying warm and remembering all the layers they need for winter riding. Call to Action: Federal Transportation Dollars for Bend As we …

Advocacy / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on November 22, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

TBOC Recommendations to Council – Call for Support and Other November News!

With cold crisp days settling in, it’s time to break out the studded bike tires (we love the Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pros for those truly snowy, icey, slushy days), balaclavas, …

Advocacy / Local Politics / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Elisa Cheng

Call to Action: Revised Draft Transportation Bond Project Sequencing Feedback!

City staff spent the last month creating more readable and robust materials breaking down the rationale behind the draft transportation GO bond project sequencing for the first 5 years of …

Advocacy / Bike Map / Business Sponsors / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on October 29, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

DLCD Call to Action, Bond Project Sequencing Feedback, Fall E-Bike Joy, Behind the Scenes of Bend Bikes, and Frankenbells!

It’s time to put fenders back on bikes and start splashing through puddles and it’s almost time to dig out the studded bike tires for winter commuting! While we wait …

Advocacy / Local Politics / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on September 30, 2021May 15, 2023 by Elisa Cheng

Go Bond Draft Project List: East-West Connectivity or Bust

Aerial rendering of Hawthorne Overcrossing from Bend’s downtown (at left) to midtown (at right). Courtesy of Ashley Vance Engineering and 10 Over Studio. For years, Bendites have bemoaned the fact …

Advocacy / Business Sponsors / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on September 28, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

DPL Bike Repair Kits, Draft Bond Project List, DLCD Listening Sessions, and Bike Parking!

With glorious rain, clear skies, and crisp fall air, we are frantically trying to ride our bikes as much as possible before winter sets in! We have a flurry of …

Advocacy / Board of Directors / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / protected bike lanes / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on September 1, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

So many August bikey things!

While August is a notoriously hard month to get anything done with frantic vacations taken chasing green dots on the AQI map, Bend Bikes welcomes new board member Maryam Mirahmadi. …

Advocacy / Bike Map / Events / Newsletter / Policy / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on June 30, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

Bend Bikes Board President Elected as Chair of the Transportation Bond Oversight Committee!

We aren’t sure how it is already almost July, but here we are, chugging along. It’s too hot for us to think of a pithy introduction to this month’s newsletter, …

Advocacy / Local Politics / Newsletter / Policy / protected bike lanes / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on April 22, 2021April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

Goal Setting For The Next Year!

Path from Sunriver to Lava Lands [photo credit: Visit Central Oregon] As the days get warmer and sunnier, we are enjoying seeing so many more folks out biking around town! …

Advocacy / Newsletter / Policy / protected bike lanes / Roadways & paths / Transportation GO Bond
Posted on September 21, 2020April 11, 2024 by Elisa Cheng

Bend Bikes Endorses the Transportation GO Bond

Bend Bikes Endorses the Transportation GO Bond A lot has happened since we last wrote about the transportation general obligation (GO) bond. The COVID-19 pandemic derailed Council’s intent to put …

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