Compass Park to Drake Park
With summer approaching, we’re highlighting safe routes to parks as an important piece of a connected biking and walking network. So grab the kids and hop on your bicycle(s) for …
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May is National Bike Month!
We are hoping that you spent the month getting out there and riding your bike. Read on to find out about an upcoming Envision Bend Roadshow, our favorite route from …
Join our new squeaky wheel club!
Happy Earth Month! April is Earth month! We believe that getting more people on bikes is one of the most important things we can do to help protect the Earth. …
Warmer weather means it’s time for biking!
I’m sure you’ve noticed all of the street projects going in all around the city lately. While it sometimes can mean detours and delays, it also means that new infrastructure …
Better Bike Cities Don’t Happen by Chance
The extra day this month isn’t going to waste! Get involved in making Bend a safer and more enjoyable city to walk, bike, and roll in by providing input on …
The Canal Trail
An East – West route in south Bend The Canal Trail is a great way to get across Bend from east to west in the southern part of the city. …
Transportation Connects Us
If the recent weather is any indication, 2024 is going to be a year filled with everything under the sun. Read on to find out our take on the City’s …
Bend Bikes’ take on the Transportation Utility Fee
What is the Transportation Utility Fee (TUF)? The Transportation Utility Fee or TUF is a fee that will be paid by all households and businesses that have a utility account …
10 Years of Bend Bikes
Happy new year! As 2023 comes to a close, I invite you to reflect on the great strides Bend has made in becoming a more livable and bikeable community. We …
Drake Park to Pilot Butte State Park
Want to get from Drake Park to Pilot Butte State Park on a bike? This route’s for you! This whole route is not suitable for all people to ride (i.e. …
How do we create more community connections?
I pose this question as both something that we should be thinking about physically creating through things like the multi-use paths proposed in the Deschutes County Transportation System Plan update …
The River Trail
A new safe, low stress cycling route to Trader Joe’s! (And Cascade Village Mall) Once you use a bike to get to the Cascade Village Mall, you’ll find it hard …
Safe Streets Save Lives
As a city, we all know the direction we need to be headed for a climate friendly future, a more connected community, healthier lives, and safer streets for all of …
Protected bike infrastructure makes cities safer for everyone
Safe Streets for All People For those of you that missed the Safe Streets for All People presentation, you can watch the recording now! We learned a lot from our …
Summer bike happenings
Safe Streets for All People Bend Bikes and several partners: the City of Bend, the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization, Central Oregon Landwatch, and the LPS Family Fund, are bringing the …