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 …
Update: Public Hearing on HB2682 – Bike Lanes Thru Intersections
A quick update to our last post regarding Oregon House Bill 2682, which seeks to legally extend bicycle lanes through intersections. Our thanks go out to Peter Werner, local Bend …
Oregon State Bill Pending: Bike Lanes Continue Through Intersection
Help Oregon House Bill 2682 become law Call to Action: Email Bend’s newly seated Oregon House Representative Cheri Helt to let her know what you think about HB 2682, the …
Chris Piper Talks Active Transportation
Even if when someone is appointed to take over Mayor Sally Russell’s vacated Council seat, we thought it only sporting to hear his position on active transportation. We were glad …
Improvements Coming to Highway 20
Our Wednesday Facebook post about the poor travel conditions on Highway 20 was our attempt to compare and contrast. We wanted to show that while some parts of Bend are completely accessible …
Candidates for Bend Mayor and City Council Weigh In on Bikes as Transportation
Candidates answered four questions from Bend Bikes The stakes are high for transportation in the upcoming November 6, 2018 election for the City of Bend. Short of knocking on doors …
Overlooking the Real Crime in Cyclist Fatalities
The collision that killed Jonathan Chase Adams on November 22, 2017 is a nightmare scenario: a driver unintentionally collides with and kills someone commuting on a bicycle. The problem with …
How far we have to go: sharrows and bike counters downtown
Navigating Bend’s downtown streets can be tricky by bicycle. Â Cyclists must be vigilant to avoid cars pulling out of parking spaces and take the lane when there isn’t enough room. …