Last month, the Bend City Council convened away from City Hall for its biannual goal-setting process. The goals-in-process differ slightly from the goals set two years prior—at least in how they’re categorized. The 2017-2019 goals fell under five headings, including growth, transportation, affordable housing, public safety and modernization. The current goal-setting process—not yet formally adopted—has […]
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When it comes to paying for transportation infrastructure, locals may be paying twice
In Central Oregon, housing and transportation infrastructure represent two of the region’s biggest challenges. With explosive growth in recent decades, people know the housing shortage can drive up rents and make buying more difficult. They also know that certain roads are “avoid at all costs” during certain times of the day, due to congestion. A […]
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Top 10 Accomplishments for the City of Bend
City manager weighs in on progress in 2018
Editor’s note: As we look back on 2018, we asked Bend’s City Manager Eric King to reflect on the progress made by the city staff and council. We gave him very little direction—other than a missive to “list accomplishments.” This is what he came up with. Fire Levy Success I’ve never seen a magazine with […]
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Letters to the Editor
Bend Post Office Sorting Center In January 2015 the Republican Congress closed the U.S. Post Office sorting center in Bend. As a result all letters mailed in central Oregon now go to Portland or Eugene to be sorted and sent, including those destined across the street. Not only did postal workers lose their jobs but […]
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Letters to the Editor
In response to…
In response to, “Family Separation Policy: Oregon Leaders React To Changes,” on 6/20 at Bendsource.com In response to Mr. Boyd, I am so very proud to have Senator Merkley as our US Senator. Arguably, his presence at the converted Walmart in Houston sparked the national outcry that led to the reluctantly issued Trump order to […]
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Letters to the Editor
In response to Transportation Consciousness Shift, 2/01 John Tarentino accepts the “inevitable influx” of more people, but says that more cars and more roads are “unsustainable.” He has this turned around. It is the continuation of an increasing number of people that is unsustainable. Getting people out of their cars will only help in the […]
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The gas tax wouldn’t have killed you.
That lack of sidewalk, though? It might.
If there’s one thing people like to complain/lament/rage about in Central Oregon (besides tourists and newcomers), it’s traffic and roads. It’s such a salient issue here, that we’ve devoted an entire issue of the Source to this important topic this week. If you want to know where the City of Bend and other entities are […]
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Sidewalk Talk
In honor of the transportation issue, Source staffers muse on walking on sidewalks—or the lack thereof—#inBend
Foray to the Fitness Center A perilous journey in Midtown By Nicole Vulcan The joys of navigating Bend as a pedestrian start as soon as I set foot off my driveway. There’s no sidewalk on this portion of NE 6th Avenue in Midtown—even though we keep hearing about how this street will be a Neighborhood […]
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Representing Riders
Lucas Freeman, Bend Bikes co-founder
Lucas Freeman showed up on his commuter bike for our interview. I suspected he might. As a co-founder and past president of the local nonprofit, Bend Bikes, he not only talks the talk, but he rides the rides. Freeman co-founded Bend Bikes with John Krog, Pam Hardy and Brian Potwin, filing for articles of incorporation […]
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Hands Off
Your autonomous car questions answered
Bend’s Mel Siegel knows more about self-driving cars than perhaps anyone else in town. He’s a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh—and an authority on the subject. In honor of the transportation issue, Mel answered some questions about the future of ground transportation. Source Weekly: How long will it take until […]
