Transportation
City of Bend Central Oregon Safe Travel Summit
Date:09/30/2021 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Location:Virtual Meeting Platform
Please join us for the first-ever Central Oregon Safe Travel Summit. This virtual Summit will address one of Central Oregon’s most pressing problems – transportation safety.
In 2020, despite a deep reduction in highway travel in Central Oregon, serious crashes increased sharply. 31 people
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Here’s the problem: 31 people died in Deschutes County traffic crashes last year, despite a significant drop-off in traffic volumes. That was the most fatalities in more than 10 years. Especially at risk are young drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Statistics show the
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NE Purcell Blvd and NE Butler Market Roundabout Nears Completion
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Intermittent work continues at the intersections of NE Wild Rivers Loop, NE Cradle Mountain Way, NE Purser Avenue and NE Castle Avenue for the next few weeks.
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CENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, September 21st 2021
The “Roundabout Revolution” in Bend started with a single intersection on Century Drive and a traffic control concept borrowed from Europe..
It was the city’s first roundabout and Oregon’s first roundabout, built in 1999.
“We were a small enough city at that time, just under 50,000,” says City Traffic Engineer Robin Lewis. “We didn’t have any traffic
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