The City of Bend’s transportation system will be an interconnected network of complete streets that provides safe, optimized travel for all modes. The system is intended to increase connectivity, safety, and travel time reliability while encouraging walking, biking, and opportunities for using transit and other transportation options.

7-43    The City’s policy is that all streets should be “complete streets.” A complete street is one that is designed to allow everyone to travel safely and comfortably along and across the street by all travel modes. Arterials, collectors, and most local streets will have buffered sidewalks. Arterials, collectors, and select local streets will have facilities in compliance with the Low Stress Network and the Pedestrian Master Plan.

7-44    The City will create and implement a Pedestrian Master Plan to establish a pedestrian network that safely and comfortably serves the community year round. The Pedestrian Master Plan will identify key pedestrian routes, including crossings.

7-45    The City will establish a network of low stress bikeway facilities (level of traffic stress 1 or 2; see Bikeway Design Guideline) as shown on the bicycle Low Stress Network map, to provide connections to schools, parks, and other destinations, as well as cross-city travel. It will accommodate small-wheeled vehicles, including shared micromobility transportation solutions, within local regulation and legal requirements. Implementation will focus on the key routes shown on the bicycle Low Stress Network map. The routes depicted should be considered general in nature. Flexibility should be permitted during the development and design of private lands and transportation construction projects to locate these to align with streets, fit the context of the natural terrain, to minimize grade, to consider street crossings and other safety issues, to account for the pattern and design of the development, and/or to consider right-of-way extents and any other topographic or geographic barriers or issues.

7-46    The City will balance accessibility, mobility, travel time reliability, emergency vehicle access, and safety when considering traffic calming and traffic management tools to manage motor vehicle speed, volume, and turning movements to meet the requirements of the bicycle Low Stress Network and Pedestrian Master Plan.

7-47    The City is committed to providing safe and comfortable walking and biking routes to schools.

7-48    The City is committed to providing safe and comfortable walking and biking routes to parks.

7-49    The City recognizes the BPRD Urban Trails map, as represented in BPRD’s Comprehensive Plan, as an element of the transportation system and will collaborate with the BPRD for bikeway and pedestrian facility planning and construction within the City.

7-50    The City requires enhanced crosswalks at key intervals to complete the walking and bicycling networks (established by the respective master plans), including school and trail crossings. All intersections are legal crosswalks; “enhanced” means that there are additional pedestrian safety treatments including, but not limited to, striping, safety islands, and enhanced lighting and flashing beacons where warranted.

7-51    The City is committed to maintaining bicycle and pedestrian facilities along key routes (as identified on the bikeway Low Stress Network map) for year-round use.

7-52    The City will work with BPRD to acquire, develop, and maintain the trails designated on the Bikeway Low Stress Network and Urban Trails maps. Construction and dedication of these trails for public use will be required as part of new development and capital transportation projects whenever possible. The alignments depicted should be considered general in nature. Flexibility should be permitted during the development and design of private lands and transportation construction projects to locate these trails to fit the context of the natural terrain, to minimize trail grade, to consider street crossings and other safety issues, to account for the pattern and design of the development, and/or to consider right-of-way extents and any other topographic or geographic barriers or issues.