Have you used the new parking system downtown?

Asked by KTVZ

448 Votes

Have you used the new parking system downtown?

5%

Yes Yes

95%

No No

5%

Yes

1 Comment

Lee Edlund

It's not particularly helpful. The lot names on the signs are too small to read while watching traffic and for pedestrians. The only reason I could read it was that we were stopped for a red light.

95%

No

10 Comments

k san

I haven't seen them, but it seems like taking time to read them and figure out where they are directing you to would not work unless you are stopped at a red light and have time to figure them out. By the time you might reach where you were directed to the space may be gone. Seems like a waste.

Sussie Due

It does not work. It tells you. But until it holds it for you to get there, its pointless.

AJH

I don't shop downtown anymore. It's not what it used to be.

Rick Allen

No I avoid Bend a;together when at all possible.

John Alford

Very distracting. We should be looking out for pedestrians, other drivers and traffic signals. How are visitors going to know where the Mirror Pond Lot is or the Centennial Garage is?

Rick Johns

The system was installed to have a negative effect on downtown patrons so to add to the City Councils long term plan of removing cars from downtown.

Rick Johns

The system was installed to have a negative effect on downtown patrons so to add to the City Councils long term plan of removing cars from downtown.

Kevin Crabtree

I try not to go to bend

Jeff Sanders

I don't go downtown.

Vincent Foley

It's just a distraction. By the time you get to an open spot it could be gone. We're just staying away from downtown.

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

Asked by KTVZ

0 Votes

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

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YES YES

0%

NO NO

0%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

0%

NO

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

Asked by KTVZ

457 Votes

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

29%

YES YES

71%

NO NO

29%

YES

2 Comments

Kit Cohan

I prefer metering to increasing the number of lanes. More than one lane makes roundabouts much more dangerous to navigate, especially with drivers who are not locals and do not understand how roundabouts work. 2 lanes = many more accidents plus 2 lanes need to be a much larger diameter for safety.

Jeff Sanders

You're literally bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge. The people from the Old Mill Never Cease coming.

71%

NO

6 Comments

Dennis Douglas

If it weren’t so maddening, our City counselors would make for a cast in a Monty Python show. They befuddle themselves with ludicrous ideas and foist them onto the taxpayers. Bend is becoming a laughing stock to outsiders and a source of continual angst for the residents.

Fletcher Jackson

What's the point of having a light at a roundabout? The point of a roundabout is to get rid of the lights. Widen it and start growing for the people coming here. The way bend builds, everything is obsolete by the time it's done.

Tim Walker

I drive through this around about several times everyday and it is never an issue very rarely. Is it an issue? The reason they put roundabouts in for the first place was to get rid of stop lights and stop signs

Jeff Sanders

It's bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge.

SUE ABERNATHY

Isn't that why they put the round about in because stop lights were going to cost to much????? Just saying.

sara kreps

doesn't this defeat the purpose of a roundabout? might as well make it a regular intersection with lights.

Dave Krajczynski

If people used the roundabout correctly and actually filled in the gaps and went when there was an opening it would flow just fine. People wait for a bus sized gap before they go.

Jeff Sanders

The people coming from the Old Mill Never Cease coming. Traffic is backed up to Bill Healy bridge everyday. At least in the winter.

KTVZ

Have you used the new parking system downtown?

5% Yes Yes

95% No No

5% Yes

95% No

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

0% YES YES

0% NO NO

0% YES

0% NO

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

29% YES YES

71% NO NO

29% YES

71% NO

5%

Yes Yes

95%

No No

5%

Yes

95%

No

0%

YES YES

0%

NO NO

0%

YES

0%

NO

29%

YES YES

71%

NO NO

29%

YES

71%

NO