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. …
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, …
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! …
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 …
City Council to Take Action on Historic Transportation Bond
Speak up now to support active transportation in Bend’s future! The City of Bend is gearing up to put the largest transportation bond in its history on the May 2020 …
Yield at Stop Signs Starts January 1st
This New Year’s day, you’ve got one more reason to celebrate as someone who commutes by bicycle around Bend. You will no longer will be required to come to a full halt at a stop sign or a flashing red beacon. If you find it safe and conditions allow, you don’t have to completely kill your momentum. Horray! But, as they say, “Conditions apply.” Read on for details.
Will Bend Finally Get Its First Two-Way Bike Lane?
The City of Bend invited Bend Bikes to participate in a field test of what could become Bend’s first two-way protected bike lane along a section of the Neighborhood Greenways. …
Guest Article: If it’s good enough for Idaho
Editor’s Note: This guest article was authored by Peter Werner, local bike activist and attorney. Have an article you’d like to publish about active transportation? Email us via our Contact …
Take Action: CTAC Needs to Hear from You
Urgent Call to Action The Citizen Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) is helping to develop Bend’s new Transportation System Plan (TSP) and will make a recommendation to City Council for adoption. …
Are We Safer After Passage of HB2682?
Governor Kate Brown recently signed into law Oregon House Bill 2682 which extends a bicycle lane through an intersection IF a bicycle lane is marked on the opposite side of …