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! …
Bustling into 2021
We have been busy at work this year as we finish up our board recruitment and start our 2021 goal setting! Our all volunteer board has been engaged in conversations …
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 …
Bend Bikes in the time of COVID-19
A time for change and transition. Much like our community, Bend Bikes has been in the midst of a swirl of changes and transition. The beginning of 2020 began with …
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 …
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. …
Next Steps: Neighborhood Street Safety Program
If you’re one of those motivated types who submitted an application for the Neighborhood Street Safety Program (NSSP), good on ya! (See our previous blog for a background on NSSP.) …
Something needs fixin’ in your neighborhood?
City of Bend has a new program for that Now through September 20th at 5pm, any Bend resident can submit an application for the Neighborhood Street Safety Program (NSSP). It’s …
Open House on the 18th in Support of Neighborhood Greenways
Here’s your chance to vote in support of continuing Neighborhood Greenways across Bend. City staffers will host an Open House from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday September 18th at …
NE 6th & NW 15th Streets Neighborhood Greenways Completion Celebration
To celebrate the completion of the NE 6th and NW 15th Streets Neighborhood Greenways, the City is hosting a small celebration. Date/Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. on Friday July 12, 2019 Location: …
NW Milwaukee Neighborhood Greenway Saved
Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who submitted an email in support of restoring the planned NW Milwaukee Neighborhood Greenway. The community spoke out and our local politicians listened! …
Blink Your Eyes Twice for Change
 It wasn’t so long ago, the town of Utrecht in The Netherlands was like many you might find here in the United States. It’s city center was dominated by …
Save the Milwaukee Greenway
Do You Agree with the Reroute? Our roads are public property and maintained by our local and state government entities so all people can use and benefit from them. That …
Street Maintenance across Bend in 2019
Each year, the City of Bend’s Street Maintenance team gets to work with roadway maintenance before wear and tear gets too severe as to require a wholesale rebuild on a …
You Can Support Greenways and Lowering Speed Limits
At the March 20th City Council Meeting (read below for details) Transportation staff from the City of Bend will soon present the first reading of an ordinance that will allow …