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 …
NW 15th and NE 6th Greenways Delayed
We are unhappy to report that the city’s implementation of the Phase 1 greenway plans will be delayed until Spring 2019
Next step in the process: Open houses for Neighborhood Greenways
City staffers will hold open houses this week for Neighborhood Greenway projects on NE 6th and NW 15th. They are part the city’s standard outreach playbook to collect public input. …
More Good News For Greenways
Last month the City considered several transportation funding options and chose a “Blended Approach” (Option 3) to recommend to City Council. If adopted, this would allocate as much as $1 …
NW 15th Street Greenway launch event
Last Sunday evening, about 20-25 neighbors joined Lucas Freeman and Aron Yarmo, of Bend Bikes, to discuss how to calm traffic on NW 15th Street and create a Greenway which …
BPAC wants your safe sidewalk nominee
Sometimes, in the depth of winter and the chips have been down (meaning the bike lanes have been iced over for what seems like un-ending weeks), it’s nice to acknowledge …
Looking forward to 2017
Bend Bikes hopes to continue the strong growth it experienced in 2016 into 2017. Our membership rolls grew and it has been gratifying to see so many new faces showing …
Bike lanes help everybody
Note: This post originally appeared in The Bend Bulletin’s ‘Letters to the Editor’ section. Traffic in Bend is likely to get worse (“Short commutes still the norm in Bend,” Jan. …
Why you should care about HB2682
Quite literally, speed can kill. Especially, when a collision involves an automobile and a vulnerable road user. According to a 1999 study commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, …
Bike lane isn’t for passing
Not too long ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation launched a public service announcement campaign to educate folks on the fact that every intersection in Oregon is a crosswalk even …
Unexpected road diet
A single day closure on Franklin shows what a road diet might feel like Last week, westbound auto travel lanes on a short section of Franklin Avenue in Bend were …
Road construction signs that block the bike lane
The warmer months in Bend often mean an easier time for those who want to use their bicycle to get around town for errands or work. Usually, there’s not much …
Where have you seen parked cars in the bike lane?
The City of Bend is working on a contract to add both missing bike lane symbols and posted signs around town. It seems that when the bike lane is a …
A sign of good things to come?
In the wake of a protected bike lane demonstration project with a lot of heavy lifting done by City of Bend staffers from the Growth Management Department, volunteers from the …
A parklet is coming! A parklet is coming!!
You may have heard that we’re putting on a protected bike lane demonstration as part of Future Fair on June 3rd in downtown Bend, and in a word, we’re STOKED! …