I've been driving thru Sisters, on and off, for 33 years.  It always seemed strange to me that 126 should run right down the main drag of this little town.  As the years passed the congestion problem slowly got worse.  Now with nearby Bend having exploded in population, the situation has become absurd.

Is anything in the works to improve this situation?  I myself have developed the tactic of diving right onto the backstreets as soon as I hit the edge of town and get to the other side on the back roads.  This helps a bunch but......something has to change.

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An ascendant man, living in a degenerate age, MUST, by definition, live in contradistinction to his times.

Sisters developed around HWY 126. the highway didnt go in after the town sprang up, it was the other way around; and businesses built on the highway because thats where they re most visible. This isn't unique to Sisters. Springfield is built around Main Street ( which is 126 as well), Eugene around 6th street, etc. I agree that the congestion sucks if you are trying to pass through, but that is something that wont change. If they create a highway bypass, the businesses will just move there because of the increased traffic and the customers they get from it.