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October 2024 Walk and Roll to School Day

October 2024 Walk and Roll to School Day

A huge shoutout to everyone who participated in this Fall's Walk and Roll to School Day! We were so excited to see such fantastic turnouts from schools across Bend. A special thanks to Richard's Donuts for sweetening the day with all of the donated doughnuts! Check...

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Bend Bikes’ Get There Challenge!

Bend Bikes’ Get There Challenge!

A huge shoutout to everyone who participated in the first-ever Bend Bikes Biking Challenge on Get There! From September 23 to October 6, 2024, our community came together, logging 1,496 walking and biking trips. In total, we covered an impressive 4,660.2 miles, saving...

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Celebrating the success of the Get There Car Free Challenge

Celebrating the success of the Get There Car Free Challenge

This year’s Get There Car Free Challenge was an incredible achievement, with 1,017 participants logging a total of 8,160 trips! Together, they covered 60,414.8 miles. Thanks to everyone's effort, we saved 21.3 tons of carbon emissions and a total of $29,000 on gas....

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SRTS Season Recap & Getting Ready for Back To School

SRTS Season Recap & Getting Ready for Back To School

In the 2023-2024 school year, Commute Options provided bike and pedestrian safety education to over 2000 students at 7 schools in Central Oregon! Students participated in 5 Walk and Roll School Day events throughout the school year. 324 helmets were distributed to 4th...

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Bike Safety with Environmental Center

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...

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E-Bike Safety Assembly

E-Bike Safety Assembly

Commute Options recently participated in an E-Bike Safety Assembly at Pacific Crest Middle School in partnership with school administration, Dave Burger, whose son Trenton lost his life in an e-bike crash in 2023, a local trauma surgeon, and local law enforcement. The...

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Bike Safety

Bike and pedestrian education is in full swing! We have braved the cold temperatures so far with our bike safety classes and are looking forward to warmer weather this spring to practice our new skills. Our bike and pedestrian safety education programs are part of our...

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Vanpool Program Update

Vanpool Program Update

2023 was an expansive year for the vanpool program! There are currently 31 vans running through Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties. These 31 vans are transporting 176 passengers and covering 1,600,000 passenger miles/year. This means 1,185,000 less miles driven,...

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2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review

2023 was an incredible year for us at Commute Options. Here are a few highlights from a great year! Safe Routes to School Safe Routes to School is one of Commute Options’ foundational programs and is part of a national network of providers bringing walking and biking...

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Get There Challenge Recap

This year's Get There Challenge was a great success- thank you to everyone who participated and logged trips! The Challenge had 254 teams and 1,180 participants, averaging 4.6 participants per team.  Here are some of the stats from the challenge this year....

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