Bike Safety with Environmental Center
We had a great time helping out with bike safety at the Environmental Center’s Eco Hero Camp earlier this month. Our Safe Routes to School coordinator, Marika, educated the campers on all things helmet fitting, hand signaling, and tips about safe and smart biking practices. Throughout the camp we had the opportunity to explore Bend […]
May Events
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 for a special challenge, celebrating the start […]
Celebrate Earth Month with 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 card to help get you started. Turn in a bingo and get one […]
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 fleet out of winter hibernation to pump the tires and test the brakes. We counted helmets […]
Bend Construction Updates
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, capacity, and safety for all users in a vital area of Bend. Wilson and 15th Roundabout Construction of the Wilson […]
Mlk Day of Service
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 pathways. We had 14 volunteers join […]
2022 Year in Review
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 students log their trips (from […]
Get There Challenge 2022 Recap
The Get There Challenge this year was a huge success! We had 456 participants from Central and Eastern Oregon and 1,825 participants statewide join this year’s challenge (420 more than last year)! Thank you to all who participated and help make it happen. We had some amazing local sponsors that provided prizes to participants who […]
School Zone Safety Tips
School routes are everywhere, so drive like it!” That means slowing down, staying alert, and generally driving with extra caution in and around schools and neighborhoods bordering them. Tips for safety Drivers should take care in their own neighborhoods, near bus stops and in school zones and keep an eye out for children and families […]
Searching for Walking School Bus Leaders
Commute Options is starting new walking school bus routes at schools throughout Bend La Pine School District. We’re looking for paid leaders and volunteers to help get these routes running and your kids walking! A walking school bus is a group of students walking to and from school on a planned route with an adult […]
Newport Avenue Bike Racks
Now is the best time to bike to your favorite businesses on Newport Avenue! As part of the Newport Corridor Improvement Project, the City of Bend has installed new bike racks at convenient locations along the corridor making biking to your favorite shops, restaurants and markets easier than ever. This map shows bike rack locations (both […]
Grant Funding for Walking School Bus Expansion
Our Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Whitney, on KTVZ news talking about the grant funding. Commute Options was recently awarded two grants totaling $100,000 – $50,000 from Oregon Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School innovation grant, and $50,000 from Central Oregon Health Council through their Impact Incentives Fund Match. The grant funding will go […]
