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September 18, 2016 will long be remembered in my mind as a culmination of sorts. Bend Open Streets (BOSS) went off completely without major incident. But, that’s not really what …
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Eastbound & Around Ride
Mark Your Calendars – October 8th @ 3pm Join Bend Bikes for our inaugural Eastbound and Around ride. This is an excellent opportunity to discover Bend’s wonderful east side off-street …
Bend Open Streets: Volunteers wanted!
Bend Open Streets will temporarily close 2.5 miles of Bend’s streets to automobile traffic this coming Sunday (September 18th), so people can do just about anything: walk, bike, scooter, dance, …
Job Opening – Safe Routes to School Education Assistant
Here are details from a press release by Commute Options about a job opening in their Safe Routes to School program. The SRTS Education Assistant reports to the SRTS Lead …
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 …
Bags credits for Bend Bikes
We are super excited about the news we received today from one of our business sponsors. Bend Bikes is one of two charities to which you can donate your bag …
Let’s celebrate and Bike the Bridges
While weren’t not satisfied, we were gratified to learn that the City of Bend’s Street Operations & Maintenance Department has made part of the demonstration protected bike lane we helped …
Grassroots idea for an off-street path on 27th
At the most recent edition of ‘Council Office Hours’ held at Barnes & Noble on Highway 20 in Bend, James Dorofi and Henry Louke, board members of the Old Farm …
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 …
Call for volunteers for Future Fair
The excitement for Bend Bikes’ first protected bike lane demonstration project is at fever pitch. We’ve put in a lot of planning hours and coordination with City and County folks …
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! …
Our first demonstration of a protected bike lane
While protected bike lanes exist in Bend, they are uncommon. We aim to change that. The first steps are to get people to try them out and provide feedback. To that end, we’ll be erecting a demonstration protected bike lane June 3rd, in conjunction with the Future Fair being put on by the Bend Livability Project.
What is a protected bike lane?
The League of American Bicyclists established a catchy meme to remind folks about the elements that go into a bicycle friendly community. They called it the 5 E’s. When one …
How to Bike to Work @ The Gear Fix
If you work in the vicinity of The Gear Fix in Bend, please join us after work on Tuesday, May 17th, for an hour’s worth of tips about biking to work.