Bike Safety

"The concept is really, really simple: you open streets to people and you close them to cars, and the magic happens," says one of one of key figures behind the Open Streets movement.

The City of Boise created a task force in 2023 to look at the number of deaths and injuries caused by vehicle crashes. Called the Vision Zero Task Force, it includes Boise City Council Member Jimmy Hallyburton, Boise Bicycle Project Director of Bicycle Advocacy Nina Pienaar and Ada County Highway District Commission President Alexis Pickering.

Idaho was the first state to allow cyclists to yield at stop signs, citing safety and efficiency. But when did it come about?

Following approximately seven months of planning, feedback and surveys, planners recommended eliminating one lane of traffic and one side of parking on 8th street in Boise's North End, creating two protected bike lanes sandwiching a single northbound traffic lane and parking.

Remembering traffic crash victims.

Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities increased by almost 51% between 2009 and 2018, according to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.

The project proposed by the Ada County Highway District, or ACHD, would connect two popular Boise landmarks — Camel’s Back Park and the Greenbelt. The…

It's Boise Bike Week, a week when people are encouraged to strap on their helmets and dust off their cruisers. Groups like the Treasure Valley Cycling…

At the Boise Bike Project Saturday children will be getting free bicycles. That’s not unusual, that’s what the Bike Project does. But this time some of…