Comments on: Apply Emergency Brakes To Train Obsession

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:39:57 +0000

This is just giving easy money to friends. They know it’s a joke but for the kind of money they stuff in their friend’s pockets they need to act like it’s a viable idea.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:46:25 +0000

Further proof that the more local the government, the more SNAFU it is.

By: BS

BS — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:50:55 +0000

The spur off the UP main line was for passenger service not intended for frieght service as it is a different scale. Proper scale is necessary for weight concerns.

By: zdv

zdv — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:16:57 +0000

Good article, I had the same thoughts when I heard about this. The rail line was abandoned as a freight line years ago by UP and for good reason. You could probably make a good argument the rail line should never have been built in the first place.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:21:46 +0000

Robert just a question… do you believe that ALL worth while projects have already been completed?

I am not in favor of a train/trolley. I do know that we need some sort of public transportation but with our cali urban sprawl and cali mindset it will never happen here… and that is too bad. It seems like we are doomed to the same fate that people fled the golden state to escape.

By: Murphy

Murphy — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:14:47 +0000

This is the result of Boise City owning land nobody wants to develop. Spend more taxpayer money since there is no current economic demand for land the city owns and can’t sell.
Wasn’t there going to be an electric bus manufacture from SE Asia going to bring jobs to the general area?

EDITOR NOTE–Zonda Bus still shows its N. America headquarters in Boise. Chamber folks will not admit the deal was a scam and never happened. Try to get the “Boise Valley Economic Partnership” to tell you about Zonda.

By: Robert Forrey

Robert Forrey — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:29:23 +0000

Good for you, Dave.
You are right. If is was a worthy project, it would have been done years ago and someone would have made a profit. The problem is the mayor and council think that profit is a dirty word.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:55:45 +0000

Do you happen to know how much as been spent on this? Any more than about $1,000 would be too much – just wondered if there was a number.

EDITOR NOTE–Well over $150,000 by last calculation.

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:41:40 +0000

Nampa has been used for many years as the dropping off point for container freight and also moves local container freight out. If Boise were to be the place these containers are loaded and unloaded it would require putting the railroad cars on the Boise local delaying delivery for at least one day and probably two days. Totally unacceptable from the shippers needs for prompt delivery. The same on outgoing freight. Trucks can now get the container unloaded and delivered to any place in the valley in a couple of hours vs. a couple of days. There is plenty of room for expansion in Nampa if necessary as the old sale yard grounds are sitting idle right next to present facility and main line of UP. Give it up Boise, Nampa can handle it