Category: idaho

Idaho’s 511 traveler services site adds new features, improvements

BOISE — Recent changes to Idaho Transportation Department’s 511 Idaho Traveler Services website are meant to enhance a user’s experience when the popular website is accessed for current highway and travel information. Links to download the free 511 app for iPhone may be found on ITD’s 511 Travel Information page at 511.idaho.gov. The new app […]

ACHD OKs Boise’s parking sensors

Boise can resume installing vehicle-detection sensors at parking meters Downtown under an agreement approved by Ada County Highway District on Wednesday. The commission’s 3-2 vote ends an 18-month impasse between ACHD and the city that started when the city installed 67 sensors in the roadway without approval from ACHD, which has jurisdiction over nearly all […]

Idaho farm groups fund road safety PSA

September 16, 2014, Boise, Idaho – Two southwestern Idaho farm bureau groups are teaming up with the Idaho State Police to try to prevent fatal accidents involving automobiles and farm equipment. According to Idaho’s Office of Highway Safety, there were five fatal crashes involving farm vehicles and automobiles in the state during 2013, making it one […]