In a concerning incident reported by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) via their official Facebook page, a highway maintenance rig parked on I-86...
Over the decades we've been driving, we've gotten a little lazy behind the wheel and developed some bad habits. Sometimes those bad habits lead to tickets.
Idaho Governor Brad Little has given his support, and most of the Boise City Council has also. There is still a lot to work out before the fast passenger train rides become a reality but at this point it does look like it will happen.
The proposed light rail line would stretch from Caldwell to Boise, parallel to Interstate 84. The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, or COMPASS, was asking for the publics opinion on the proposed plan and posted a survey on their website. Most people voted in favor and support of it.
While I was never dedicated enough to make it my only means of transportation I used it fairly often depending on where I was living in the city at the time. There are a lot of people that used only it or bike to get around and would save a ton of money on cars and insurance.
This new program will offer free or discounted rides to job interviews and to the first three weeks of employment at a new job in 35 cities in the U.S. and Canada.