Have you had trouble parking in Downtown Bend this summer?
74%
Yes, I can never find a spot!
26%
No, I always find parking.
Seriously, this shouldn't even be an concern in the 4th largest city in the state. We have bicycles and transit for a reason. Parking is irrelevant for those of us who ride buses or bikes. If you want lots of free parking and car dependency, please move to Burns or to John Day. It's 2021, not 1961.
Reply ReplyI avoid going to Bend as much as possible. I don't like anything about being in any big city. As for parking there, I only go to medical facilities and sometimes the Northside malls, so parking is generally not an issue. Driving in Bend is much worse than finding parking in Bend.
Reply ReplyThe only time I have trouble finding a parking spot is when someone without disabled plates or a hanger decides to park in a disabled zone.
Reply ReplyNo, I never have trouble finding parking in downtown Bend because I never go to downtown Bend.
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I no longer go downtown to shop because parking has been too difficult for me to find without walking several blocks to the store I want to go to.
ReplyNever any parking.........ever! I don't spend my money there anymore and neither do a vast number of my friends and acquaintances. Shopping needs to be enjoyable.......not there for quite sometime.
ReplyI try to avoid downtown Bend like the plague. Parking is a joke!
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ReplyParking app is impossible to use, never again !
ReplyI have lived in Bend for over 50 years and until this summer have totally supported the down town business. Now I go to the shopping centers and also use Amazon. I don't like this but have no choice until downtown business forces the city to find an answer to this. Maybe downtown should be for the
ReplyThey need another parking garage
ReplyParking app SUCKS! TOTAL BS, WE REFUSE TO EAT, SHOP, OR ATTEND EVENTS DOWNTOWN TILL THIS EITHER GOES AWAY OR IS CAPABLE OF USING !!! IMPOSSIBLE TO USE UNLESS TECH SAVY !!!
ReplyI'm disabled, so parking in the public garage is too far for me to walk sometimes with my heart condition. More disabled parking would be nice downtown by the store fronts.
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