Now, here’s some common sense- just look at any map of all treasure valley community’s- The Bus map will do fine. A grid pattern for city streets has for centuries been the most economical and safest way for the community to expand and yet Caldwell is the only City that’s maintained this factor as it expands. Look at the new developtment areas of western,southern, and S.E. Boise. The street pattern resemble a bewildering maze with no exits. Meridian to the North and S.E. ,Nampa to the west,S.E. and N.E., and Caldwell to the west and S.E. all follow Boise’s lead in ” the developers street mayhem.”

Yes folks, it’s a nightmare for all local emergency services, a lure for as many vehicular accidents as possible,and a homeowners guaranteed migrane but just think how happy all those money-making, self-satisfied ” developers and their political cronies are!

Maybe they are trying to confuse enough people so they either move away or do not move here.

Is that non-sidewalk on Myrtle a construction zone before it becomes a “loading zone” or before it becomes an entrance to the parking garage?

Gotta love the semi trucks parked on Capitol in the left turn lane at Front as they off load merchandise. Businesses can get away with what us peons can’t.

Who named all this “Smart Growth”? Doesn’t seem too smart to me. But what the heck do I know?

I remember (unintentionally) cruising Boise for the first time in the 70s as a college student from the Idaho boondocks–my friends and I were stuck going round and round for about 2 hours on a Friday afternoon because we couldn’t figure out how to merge out of the turn lanes. Not that we were stupid, but people weren’t letting us get into the correct lanes that would lead us out of town and we kept getting shoved into “Left Turn Only” lanes.

With streets that can’t be crossed during rush hour, blocked lanes and intersections, unsynchronized signal lights, and one way streets, I can’t help but wonder if the real goal is to keep tourists from leaving downtown Boise by confusing the heck out of them!

Oh, well, if the tourists can’t figure out how to get in here, they can always just give up and go to Zoo Boise — and if they drive in in reverse, they’ll be at the Boise Zoo. Or they could zip over to the Taco Bell Arena for a Mexican-food snack.

Geeze, Guardian — where’d you get the idea anything in Boise was supposed to make sense?