Bikes Polls - SquareOffs

Would you utilize a multi-use pathway from Bend to La Pine?

Asked by KTVZ

450 Votes

Would you utilize a multi-use pathway from Bend to La Pine?

32%

Yes Yes

68%

No No

32%

Yes

2 Comments

Gerald Smith

Probably not all at once

Duane Wyman

We live in the Three Rivers area of South Deschutes County and often ride the roads near Sunriver. Our roads are busy w/RV's, boaters, trailers all heading to the High Lakes and skiers on the winter. Many roads lack an adequate shoulder, forcing riders into traffic lanes.

68%

No

4 Comments

Kimmy Wasatch

Why cater to a few instead of fixing roads that benefits all. Waste of time and our taxpayer funds for a pathway.

Marcus Ainsworth

why are you going to La Pine in the first place?

SomewhereAlong Nintyseven

An expensive boondoggle which will only be used by a small percentage of the population.

Latterdaysaint

Fixing the roads would be a better for that money

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.

Oregonn8tive

Why have more bike lanes when most of the bikers seem to be on the sidewalks anyway?

Off the path

They tend to ride in the middle of the road anyways.

Bikes SquareOffs

Would you utilize a multi-use pathway from Bend to La Pine?

32% Yes Yes

68% No No

32% Yes

68% No

Do you support more bike lanes in Bend?

35% Yes Yes

65% No No

35% Yes

65% No

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