It’s not about abortion Whether the government is trying to distract the public from what’s going on at the border, the billions of dollars going towards war efforts, gun control, etc. — the laws being passed regarding women’s reproductive rights are extremely alarming. This is not an intention for debate or arguments, exactly the opposite. […]
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Transit Station Rankles Neighbors
Neighborhood group says they’ve seen little progress on crime, safety and traffic flow generated by the Hawthorne Avenue Station
Members of the business community and people who live around Cascades East Transit’s Hawthorne Avenue Station voiced their displeasure to the Bend City Council on May 1 about problems they feel aren’t being addressed at Hawthorn Avenue bus station just east of Third Street in Bend. People spoke about crime, transients, buses blocking driveways and […]
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Redmond Transit Hub Opening Soon
Bus passengers in Redmond will soon begin using a new transit hub. The facility, located at 777 SW Kalama Ave., is scheduled to open in mid-July, according to Derek Hofbaeur, outreach and engagement administrator for the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council and Cascades East Transit. “This project creates a permanent location to better serve transit riders […]
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Public Transit’s Uphill Climb
COIC rolls out transit education efforts
Since Oregon State University announced its plans to plot a new campus on Bend’s westside, there has been murmuring (sometimes more) about how the addition of hundreds of new students will clog the thruways stretching across town. That discussion falls at the forefront of a larger issue: the paltry offering of public transportation in Central […]