Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Idaho

Car-dominated Idaho cities like Boise could be getting a lot of bike lanes soon. Image: Pinpals, CC

Bike Country? It's in Suburban Idaho!

By Kea Wilson | Jun 29, 2021 | No Comments

A massive transportation authority in Idaho is promising to build protected bike lanes whenever they resurface the most dangerous multi-lane roads in their region, and some advocates think state DOTs across the country should follow their lead.

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Why It's Time to Legalize the 'Idaho Stop'

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 11, 2021 | No Comments

An upstate State Senator has introduced a bill that would allow cyclists to slow-roll through stop signs and go through red lights after a quick full stop.

The scene in Boise moments after bicyclist Elizabeth Hilton was hit by a car. Hours later, she was issued a $90 ticket for running a red light.

Oh Boise! Idaho Judge Blames Cyclist for Crash

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 3, 2019 | 22 Comments

The epidemic of "windshield bias" in cops comes to Boise.

Biking on a trail in Kellogg, Idaho. Photo: Don Kostelec

The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge

By Don Kostelec | Sep 23, 2019 | 7 Comments

Smaller cities with limited budgets present particular traffic-safety problems. Here's how some transportation planners managed the issues.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signs Idaho Stop Legislation. Photo courtesy of Arkansas State Parks

Roll On! Arkansas Passes the 'Idaho Stop'

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2019 | 35 Comments

Arkansas becomes the second state to fully adopt Idaho's famous 1982 cycling safety law.

Parking Madness Final Four: Camden vs. Fort Worth

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 31, 2015 | 10 Comments

We started this Parking Madness tournament with 16 soulless parking craters from California to New Jersey, and you’ve narrowed it down to the Final Four: Camden, Fort Worth, Syracuse, and the very aptly-named Parkersburg, West Virginia. Today and tomorrow your votes will determine who gets a shot at the title and Streetsblog’s coveted Golden Crater. Camden Joseph Russell […]

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