On May 30th Commute Options co-hosted the first Walk and Rollabout event with the Central Oregon Coalition for Access (COCA), the City of Bend, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Cascades East Transit. The event included a tour of two roundabouts and...
May Events with Commute Options! May is an exciting month at Commute Options! Join us for the May Walk and Roll Challenge, Walk and Roll to School Day, or any of the fun events and fundrasiers we have planned! May Walk and Roll Challenge May 8-19, join Commute Options...
This year join us in celebrating Earth Month troughout the month of April! We’re challenging you to switch up your commute by walking, biking, scootering, carpooling – anything to get you out of a single occupancy vehicle! We’ve put together a bingo...
Spring Bike and Pedestrian Safety Written by Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Dory Goodrich Warmer days are upon us and so is the excitement to start our Safe Routes to School program with elementary students across Central Oregon. In preparation, we took the bike...
Super Commuter of the Quarter: Nosler Vanpool Group The Nosler vanpool group has been commuting together for over 6 months from La Pine to the Nosler manufacturing facilty in Bend. By utilizing vanpool 5 days a week for thier 60 mile roundtrip commute, this group is...
Neff Purcell Intersection Improvement Project The Neff and Purcell intersection near St. Charles Bend hospital is temporarily CLOSED forreconstruction. (See detour map below) The Neff and Purcell Improvements is a multi-phaseproject that will improve connectivity,...
Alex and Edward are two of our most dedicated walking school bus participants. They’ve been walking with us regularly since fall 2021 in the sun, rain, and snow! Our walking school busses are groups of students walking to and from school on a planned route with...
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day we teamed up with United Way of Central Oregon to be a part of their day of service to our community. We hosted a clean up of Walking School Bus routes- clearing debris, picking up trashed and sweeping cinder off pedestrian and bike...
Commute Options 2022 Year in Review 2022 has been an incredible year – Take a look! Safe Routes To School Walk and Roll to School Day was a huge success this year, tons of families got to experience the joy of walking or rolling to school together. We had 161...
Another International Walk and Roll to School day has come and gone, but we still have huge smiles on our faces! This year we had 4 walking school buses, a bike train, rolling recess and over 160 students from 18 different schools logged their trips on our website. We...
