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Valley Regional Transit (VRT) has added four electric-powered buses to its Boise routes, and, during a mid-September ribbon-cutting event, hinted more are likely to come, and not just in Boise. City officials like Boise Mayor Lauren McLean and City Council ...

There’s a stigma to riding the bus in the Treasure Valley. Donna Bernardelli, who rides to work at the Moffatt Thomas law firm every day, hears it all the time. “’Are you afraid to drive? Do you have a DUI?’” ...

If money and political will were no object and there were no limits to building a public transit system for a population heading to 1 million people, what would the system look like? Right off the top, the mayors of ...

Sylvia Marmon is at the steering wheel, as she has been for 17 years with  Commuteride, the Ada County Highway District vanpool service. ACHD has offered Commuteride since 1976 for commuters from neighboring counties. Generally, drivers rotate among vanpool riders, ...

Cities are still committed to massive investments in traditional forms of public transit dating back more than a century: buses, streetcars, subways, light rail, commuter rail. But how much will they fit in the future? “Transportation itself is changing really ...

Cities and states and voters are giving thumbs up to expansive public transit projects in many places around the country, but not in Idaho. The state stands out in the U.S. in terms of meager public transit funding. The November ...

The Treasure Valley, like nearly all western cities, is designed entirely for automotive transport. Public officials who would like to build substantial, rider-convenient public transit in Idaho face a daunting obstacle: there is no dedicated funding for public transit. Other ...

Back in the 1920s, you could get from Boise to Caldwell without a car or a horse, and without owning any sort of conveyance. All you had to do was board the Boise & Interurban Railway, which ran a loop ...

The population of the Treasure Valley is expected to grow from 640,000 to 1 million by 2040, and by who knows how much more in the decades beyond that. Many public officials agree that the roads and parking aren’t adequate ...