Bike - SquareOffs

Asked by KTVZ

573 Votes

Do you support more bike lanes in Bend?

35%

Yes Yes

65%

No No

35%

Yes

4 Comments

snowzone

Yes as long as they find a way for the bicycle riders to pay for them like I have to pay to drive my car on the road / motorcycle on the road / kayak on the water / boat on the water .

Eric Chandler

Bike lanes are great, but cyclists have to follow the same rules as vehicles. Also vehicles have to pay attention for cyclists so they are not hit and killed. Especially since they are going the same directions.

Rick Allen

Yes because bikes should never be on any roads!

Latterdaysaint

I say no more bike lanes until the pot holes on the streets are filled

65%

No

6 Comments

Del Frint

Bike riders have very little respect for the traffic laws. As a driver around Bend every day, it's a challenge to avoid bikes that disregard the laws of the road. I think that all bikes should be licensed to pay for bike lanes and cited for traffic violations.

Nic Secor

They act like Bikes are the solution to Bend's infrastructure problem. All my life the city has flexed on how fast growing Bend is, yet they've never done anything to increase road sizes, add any bipasses or cut throughs. Here we are decades later seeing the impact of poor planning. Also, winter...

Michael Miller

Bike riding is commendable, but a seemingly tiny minority routinely does it.

Kimmy Wasatch

Bend traffic is already out of control, adding more bikes and lanes compounds the issue, also bike riders pay no fees to provide road maintenance, and many on sidewalks and not paying attention to traffic.