Should Bend allow a zone change for a Les Schwab Tires on 3rd St?

Asked by KTVZ

546 Votes

Should Bend allow a zone change for a Les Schwab Tires on 3rd St?

62%

Yes, it should move Yes, it should move

38%

No, why move it? No, why move it?

62%

Yes, it should move

Les Schwab's current location on Franklin Ave. makes for tougher access for customers - let it move to 3rd street!

Les Schwab's current location on Franklin Ave. makes for tougher access for customers - let it move to 3rd street! Show Less

5 Comments

Valerie Rhodes Kifer

It's a far better location than the existing spot on Franklin!

Tom Hamper

No sensible reason not to. They are already in that zon .

Bill Rogers

This whole ill considered Central Area Plan represents the desires of the Planning Department instead of the citizenry of Bend. Any decision that dilutes their plan is a good thing.

Eric Anderson

Opening the space on Franklin from an ugly tire shop and allowing Les Shwab an opportunity to move into a more eco friendly site is the right thing to do. Remember this commission also put OSU Cascad

Mou Chat Reed

That is a congested area where they are.

38%

No, why move it?

Another massive business along 3rd Street will only cause more traffic headaches. Keep Les Schwab off the main road.!

Another massive business along 3rd Street will only cause more traffic headaches. Keep Les Schwab off the main road.! Show Less

4 Comments

sam brooks

too many in town anyway just close it down Amazon sells tires for cheaper anyway

Valerie Schmucker

Move it out somewhere north or south of Bend. Schwaab takes up a huge area and 3rd St at the underpass just can't take anymore traffic, it's already become a nightmare.

Sam Ackerman

They are ready have service center on both the north and south side of town. They need one in the center of town as well

Johnny Mooney

It will totally create unnecessary traffic congestion

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

Asked by KTVZ

292 Votes

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

25%

YES YES

75%

NO NO

25%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

75%

NO

2 Comments

Latterdaysaint

Of course not, trump will make America great again!

Jeff Sanders

I am glad that we were Blue over all on the West coast. Those flyover states have too much say.

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

Asked by KTVZ

540 Votes

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

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

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.

70%

NO

9 Comments

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.

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.

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.

Kathy Brown

Make a LARGER round-about!! A stop light will only make it worse!!

Chris Gonzales

A roundabout's primary purpose in traffic management is to improve safety and traffic flow, resulting in less congestion and fewer accidents compared to traditional stoplight intersections. Key words: Flow, less congestion and Stoplights. Now they want to add Stoplights!!! City waste at its Best!

Latterdaysaint

The point of the roundabouts was to get rid of lights

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.

KTVZ

Should Bend allow a zone change for a Les Schwab Tires on 3rd St?

62% Yes, it should move Yes, it should move

38% No, why move it? No, why move it?

62% Yes, it should move

38% No, why move it?

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

25% YES YES

75% NO NO

25% YES

75% NO

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

30% YES YES

70% NO NO

30% YES

70% NO

62%

Yes, it should move Yes, it should move

38%

No, why move it? No, why move it?

62%

Yes, it should move

38%

No, why move it?

25%

YES YES

75%

NO NO

25%

YES

75%

NO

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

YES

70%

NO