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When It Snows Big, Here’s Where to Avoid Parking

Some of Bend’s busiest—or tightest—streets have parking restrictions during big storms
Chris Miller

The big snow storms some called “Snowmaggedon” two years ago brought to light a problem with parked cars. Some streets were just so narrow that with heavy snow, the streets became difficult to navigate for two-way traffic. Because of that, the City of Bend began looking at the streets that were causing the most headaches […]

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News Update: New Speed Zones

Speed limits lowered in Bend.
Danielle Meyers

Pay attention to new reduced speeds this month. O regon’s roads are on average slower than most states, but not the slowest. Speed limits travel a wide spectrum. As the saying goes, “everything’s bigger in Texas,” and this extends to speed limits which cap at 85 mph. Alaska has the slowest, with a top speed […]

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Best/Worst State to Drive In

Oregon ranks sixth overall; fifth worst in fuel costs
Chris Miller

Keeping with our transportation theme this week, here’s some interesting information just released from WalletHub, concerning which states are best, and which are worst to drive in. For starters, Oregon ranks the sixth-best state overall to drive in. Our neighbors north and south, well they’re near the bottom of the barrel. In fact, only Hawaii […]

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“Bikes vs. Cars”

Avatar photo Jared Rasic

The idea of a battle between cars and bikes is an interesting one because there does seem to be a rivalry between the two modes of transportation. In Bend, a day doesn’t go by (especially downtown) without bicyclists and car drivers cursing each other. Yet it should be easy to understand the common purpose of […]

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PICK: Flashback Cruz

Avatar photo Brianna Brey

saturday 9 Flashback Cruz VROOM VROOM—Ever miss the days of cruising for tail in your dad’s 1950 T-Bird with the leather bench seats? Weather you partook, or were the product of those slow-rolling American mating rituals, everyone can enjoy looking at some shiny old classic cars and dragsters screaming the wrong way down Wall Street. […]

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