Regional planning details large and small revealed in new online tool
A new online map-based data tool provides users with bountiful information about local planning elements such as transportation, housing and land use. The new, interactive COMPASS dashboard at...
View ArticleState and region disagree about I-84 project in Canyon County
The region’s transportation planning agency has hit the ball back to the Idaho Transportation Department regarding a $13.35 million project to rehabilitate Interstate 84 between US Highway 20/26 in...
View ArticleCOMPASS grant will help Kuna spruce up its downtown
Kuna is planning a downtown revitalization program. Planning for the improvements will be largely funded with a $16,000 grant from the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho. The grant will...
View ArticleCOMPASS hands out $103,000 for community improvements
The region’s transportation planning agency will give out about $103,000 in grants during this year to 10 member organizations for small projects. The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho...
View ArticleOklahoma City mayor will bring his local-option tax talk to Boise, Meridian
Oklahoma City has redefined its downtown and overall city with a one-cent, local-option sales tax over the past two decades, building a downtown baseball stadium, dozens of new schools, a downtown...
View ArticleBike and pedestrian safety, simplified
Peter Lagerwey likes to emphasize street crossings when he talks about pedestrian safety. “Where do we put all our energy? Putting in sidewalks,” said Lagerwey, a former Seattle senior transportation...
View ArticleBoise’s playing catch-up on bike and pedestrian paths
In just a few years, the American bike lane concept has matured beyond a hastily painted add-on at the edge of a road. Now descriptions include protected, buffered, contraflow, shared-use, cycle...
View ArticleRegional planning details large and small revealed in new online tool
A new online map-based data tool provides users with bountiful information about local planning elements such as transportation, housing and land use. The new, interactive COMPASS dashboard at...
View ArticleState and region disagree about I-84 project in Canyon County
The region’s transportation planning agency has hit the ball back to the Idaho Transportation Department regarding a $13.35 million project to rehabilitate Interstate 84 between US Highway 20/26 in...
View ArticleCOMPASS grant will help Kuna spruce up its downtown
Kuna is planning a downtown revitalization program. Planning for the improvements will be largely funded with a $16,000 grant from the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho. The grant will...
View ArticleCOMPASS hands out $103,000 for community improvements
The region’s transportation planning agency will give out about $103,000 in grants during this year to 10 member organizations for small projects. The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho...
View ArticleOklahoma City mayor will bring his local-option tax talk to Boise, Meridian
Oklahoma City has redefined its downtown and overall city with a one-cent, local-option sales tax over the past two decades, building a downtown baseball stadium, dozens of new schools, a downtown...
View ArticleBike and pedestrian safety, simplified
Peter Lagerwey likes to emphasize street crossings when he talks about pedestrian safety. “Where do we put all our energy? Putting in sidewalks,” said Lagerwey, a former Seattle senior transportation...
View ArticleBoise’s playing catch-up on bike and pedestrian paths
In just a few years, the American bike lane concept has matured beyond a hastily painted add-on at the edge of a road. Now descriptions include protected, buffered, contraflow, shared-use, cycle...
View ArticleIdaho Census 2020 planning underway
The year 2020 may seem far away, but not if you’re involved with the census. Idaho is already preparing. Required by the U.S. Constitution, the census is held every 10 years and is intended to count...
View ArticleCensus says Meridian hit 99,926 residents back on July 1
Meridian is the 10th fastest-growing city in the United States among cities with at least 50,000 residents behind five Texas cities and suburbs of Phoenix, Denver, Nashville and Des Moines, according...
View ArticleIdaho may get $90 million to widen I-84 in Nampa
A $90.24 million federal grant may come Idaho’s way to fund a large share of widening Interstate 84 in Nampa. The Idaho Transportation Department and Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho...
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