Commute Options Blog
Orchard District Neighborhood seeks your input
Orchard District Neighborhood Association Speed Radar Survey This year the City Of Bend has six moveable speed radars for use as an educational tool to encourage drivers to obey the speed limit. The radar signs provide feedback to drivers by showing the speed they are...
Telework Tips from Commute Options
While businesses and people managers have a lot to consider regarding their business continuity plans, employees have just as many considerations. If you are able to work remotely because your company has a policy and you have technology that supports telework, you...
Brian Potwin in the news–Bike Portland
When social distancing on busy trails in Bend became challenging, community leaders had an idea. Based on several successful "Open Streets" events, and subsequent physical changes to some neighborhood streets, Bend launched their “Stay Healthy Streets” program in...
Stay Healthy Streets coming to a Neighborhood Greenway near you
The City of Bend is opening streets for people on pop-up Neighborhood Greenway routes for neighbors to enjoy a slow-speed, low-traffic shared roadway environment. These pop-up neighborhood greenway streets will have temporary restrictions of through-traffic and are...
Get There Oregon is has new resources for TO professionals
Get There Oregon has been connecting people and the places they are going since July 2019. There is a new information and resources page, intended for professional transportation options partners across Oregon to use to promote Get There and inform transportation...
Telework Perks works!
Thank you teleworkers! Our first ever TeleworkPerks Challenge was a big success. We logged our work from home trips between April 6 - 17 2020 and had the following results. PARTICIPANTS 218 TRIPS 1,417 DISTANCE 10,793.0 mi MONEY SAVED $6.1k...
Safe Routes Community Engagement Cards
The Safe Routes Partnership Community Engagement Cards are a collection of arts-based activities that foster community building through creativity. Each activity is designed to spark curiosity, encourage free expression, and engage diverse people in a variety of...
Telework tips to keep your body happy.
Reduce neck and back pain while working from home with these tips: If you don’t have an office chair and a desk, use a dining table and straight back chair. The couch and other super-soft seating can make you slouch. Get up and move at least once an hour. Have your...
Active Transportation in the Time of Covid-19
Walking, biking, and wheeling provide a sense of independence, an opportunity to be healthy, reduce our impact on the planet, and are reliable ways to get where we need to go. Here are suggestions for how to work with your community to make biking safer and more...
Get Virtual. Telework is the new way to clock in.
Commute Options has been singing the praises of Telework for years. Now that many of us are required to work from home, we wanted to share tips to be a sucessful teleworker. Be sure to log your work from home trips at Get There Oregon. Plan your outside time. Find...
