Walk Zone Decals Downtown Bend Walk Zone Map

Safe Streets Classes 

Commute Options is scheduling Safe Streets classes to educate all roadway users on best practices for sharing the road.  The education aims to decrease the number of crashes between roadway users in Central Oregon.  Class times to be determined.  Please contact brian@commuteoptions.org at Commute Options to schedule a class.

Safe Streets Grant Information:

The Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) was

awarded an ODOT Transportation Safety Division grant

that was discussed in the news release dated 7/18/12.

The funding will be used to implement safety outreach

about unsafe behaviors and enhanced police enforcement

to enforce safety laws with drivers, bicyclists and

pedestrians at identified high crash locations.

The Bend Police Department will be scheduling additional

officers with funding from this grant to enforce traffic laws

for pedestrians, motorists, and other roadway users

through September 2012. Commute Options will be

hosting outreach events to promote safety on our

roadways. Please check commuteoptions.org to see

when education events will be scheduled.

Example targeted behaviors may include;

 motorist failure to yield to pedestrians;

 motorist overtaking a stopped vehicle at

    a marked or unmarked crosswalk;

 awareness of surroundings for all road

   users, such as distracted driving;

 Bicyclists wrong way riding;

 Bicycling at night without lights;

 Driving or bicycling while under the

    influence of drugs or alcohol;

 Downtown sidewalk walk zone.

Bicycles shall not be ridden on a sidewalk in the Downtown District or in the

Centennial Parking Garage.

A volunteer effort is underway to install sidewalk Walk Zone decals downtown in the next week. Please check back for additional updates at www.bendmpo.org

Commute Options: Brian Potwin (541) 977-8367

Bend Police: Chris Carney (541) 322-2960

Bend MPO: Jovi Anderson (541) 693-2122

City of Bend: Robin Lewis (541) 317-3000