Crosswalks A current focus for ODOT, City of Bend and the Parks and Recreation District is to eliminate the barrier that busy streets can have on otherwise nice, comfortable bike routes. Creating crossings of roadways so the easy trail, shared use path or neighborhood greenway experience doesn’t end at the Read more…
Bike Lanes Oregon has been installing bike lanes on arterial and collector roadways since the 1970’s. Because of this, Bend has an almost complete network of bike lanes that provides pretty complete coverage and access throughout the community. Because there are only a few gaps in this bike lane network, Read more…
Protected Roundabouts – Wilson Avenue & 9th Street Construction began in 2022 to modernize the Wilson Avenue corridor, in Bend, Oregon for all modes of traffic from SE 2nd Street to SE 15th Street. The tools being used include shared use paths and separated bike lanes. If you’ve been Read more…
Bend, Oregon, USA If you’ve lived in Bend, Oregon for any amount of time you begin to realize what a special place it is. People who call Bend home are neighborly. It is common to start a new friendship just while waiting in line somewhere. Neighbors get together to share Read more…
What do other communities have that we can learn from? Pullman, Washington Pullman, Washington is home to Washington State University. The population of Pullman is just about 35,000. It is has a charming downtown, and is surrounded by miles of rolling wheat fields. Social Bikes (SoBi) platform Read more…
Welcome to Great Community Bicycling. July 20th, the Oregon cohort heads to Copenhagen, Svendborg, Korinth and Odense in Denmark. At each town we’ll be learning from policymakers, engineers, and planners and be able to experience these amazing transportation networks including walking, biking and transit systems. Starting July 4th we’ll head Read more…