ACHD would like to put 10 traffic lights on every intersection. BW just covered how they have 2 people watching all those useless cameras around town so the local TV can broadcast traffic reports. You give it, they’ll spend it on lots of useless stuff.

But oddly enough ACHD doesn’t own the machine to “remove” those bike lane street candles and that is the reason they can’t wait till August.. the machine (the company) is leaving the area… makes you wonder why the machine was here to start.

When you think you are smarter than the voters, disregard their stated preferences and think all other elected officials should just do what you tell them – and demean those who have a different view than you do some call it arrogance.

We live in a city where the minority believes they can overrule the majority.

I do support ACHD as the final word on all things regarding streets and hope this was a wise data driven decision.

Your disdain for the city counsel and mayor aside, you should applaud efforts to increase bike safety – especially considering the trajic numbers of bikes hit by cars. You’re correct to state that it is deeper than ‘car vs. bike.’ With your website, it’s Boise Guardian vs. any decision made by Boise city.

The only justification for a county wide road agency is for economy of scale.. even that is a weak argument, when you consider private contractors achieve economy of scale when they are allowed to bid on contracts from all the cities.

ACHD should be working for the cities, not fighting them.

It does seem to me though that this expands further than just Boise and its city council. It seems to happen throughout the valley it permeates the legislature, and even happens in public-private business deals. IE the infamous drunken theft and subsequent wrecking of a truck and trailer by a legislator, the trash to energy debacle, the way some public employees indiscretions are treated as personnel matters instead of legal matters ect.ect. I think it is particularly poignant that you mentioned the panhandling issue today of all days. In Boise an individual will be at the very least harassed for standing on a street corner begging for money while on Fairview today all 4 corners of an intersection had public employees running thru traffic begging motorists for cash. I know today it wasn’t in Boise but this summer we will see the exact same thing happening with members of BFD.
It is sad when a govt. says to its “people” do as I say… and don’t expect me to follow the same rules.