Boise foothills are amazing right now

What Don has done in local news in Boise is just remarkable. Through our conversations, I know he does it because he genuinely cares about the community. And that’s the special sauce of BoiseDev. I’m proud to have been one of the early subscribers. If you care about Boise, you should subscribe.

Some great news out of the Idaho legislature (you can’t say that every day): boisedev.com/news/2026/03... This will allow more homes to be built, especially small ones that are less expensive. I hope the bills pass.

Exciting new bike lane obstruction just dropped.

Conservatives have been today psyched out by liberals wanting bike lanes and sidewalks. Not getting around by car is inherently conservative and traditional. It’s far less expensive and requires far less government expenditure and regulation. boisedev.com/news/2026/03...

"These changes have helped Paris double its modal share for bikes, which has risen from 5% of all journeys in 2020 to over 11% in 2025... the shift is highly noticeable in central Paris, where 3.5 million bikes were recorded as passing along one main avenue, the Boulevard de Sebastopol, in 2025."

Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

Austin’s surge of new housing supply drove down housing prices across the board, with the largest benefit going to renters in the lowest cost buildings: “Rents declined about 11% in older non-luxury buildings that cater to lower-income renters, known as Class C buildings.”

oh look at that www.pew.org/en/research-...

The crackdown on corporate landlords just got more counterproductive. www.vox.com/politics/482...

If this happens, Boise should seriously look at pulling out of ACHD and managing their own streets. Their transportation agenda for their own city would likely be killed. boisedev.com/news/2026/03...

It’s fascinating to see your city through someone else’s eyes. And be reminded that we have it pretty good here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Buo9...

Don’t like high gas prices? Get an e-bike, and leave your car parked. I’ve almost entirely replaced my car for city driving in Boise, and now use it almost exclusively for road trips. Good for you, good for your wallet, good for the planet. Stop driving, it’s honestly not that hard.

In the words of the WSJ - who do people think live in these rental homes, hedge fund managers? This could cause massive displacement of renters www.wsj.com/economy/hous...

Not a single word in this story about increased parking rates downtown about how you actually solve that: get better transit into downtown so you don't have to drive there all the time. boisedev.com/news/2026/03...

Sub optimal hazards on the Greenbelt in Garden City.

This small apartment built in downtown Boise has zero (0) off-street parking spaces

Whenever I go out to get some sunshine

Yesterday the Washington Post rid itself of Publisher and Chief Executive Will Lewis. If you're interested in those events and their tumultuous background, I would recommend this detailed account from NPR's @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social No paywall. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

“In other words, the true benefit of [road widening] is that it enables more driving, not that it eases congestion.”

It’s not Christmas if the boy’s new drone doesn’t get stuck in grandma’s hair.

My holiday card pet peeve is people including wide angle photos of themselves in tiny little postage stamp images on a card so you can hardly see anything at all in the photo. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Boiseans: We'd love to have a direct flight to the east coast. NYC? DC? Boston? Boise Airport: Ok how about Anchorage

Beautiful light on the Boise foothills this morning

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The funniest stupid thing (stupidest funny thing?) that violent drivers always say: "All these bicycles are causing traffic!!" Ah so ... you'd prefer if we were all in cars in front of you?

“How will they get any customers if they don’t have parking?”

"Americans’ driving habits have worsened across multiple measures, from reckless driving to drunken driving, which road #safety advocates call a public #health failure" #Vehicular #Violence @bikeportland.org @waroncars.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

It is possible to make cities safe for young pedestrians like this. Many places have achieved this. For now, through our relative inaction, we are deciding that the lives of children are a price worth paying for the vastly overstated convenience of driving.

Election is Tuesday! I’m out knocking in support of my two favorite candidates for Garden City council. If you live in the GC or know someone who does, get after it.

“What’s a phone book?” - The 8-year-old, tonight.

Luv 2 have car free pedestrian streets downtown

Wouldn’t want to take up a few parking spaces with this thing, so let’s create a massive, unmarked safety hazard for people on the Greenbelt.

I think I’m going with “Approved Affordable Housing Development is Sorely Needed and in a Great Location.”

The power of pedestrianization.

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

Just immaculate vibes in Boise this morning.

What a delight 8th street is. Your periodic reminder that people thought it would be better to have cars driving through it.

Happy Parking Day! It’s wild to think of what you could do with all that space if you didn’t force parking on people.

Meridian built a transportation system that is almost exclusively for private vehicles, but now its denying building permits to businesses because they'll attract too many private vehicles? Seems like In-N-Out is being punished for its success.

They’re shoving their sexuality down our throats again in downtown Boise this weekend.

When your transportation system is overwhelmingly structured around accommodating private vehicles, about a third of the botanical garden just winds up being a parking lot.

When you walk around downtown on the weekend or a holiday you really see how much dead, empty space is used for parking that could be used for housing or businesses.

The greatest family restaurant in Boise was Fort Street Station, and I’m still searching for a replacement.

Elliot Erwitt Idaho, Boise 1954

There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.

One of the worst things about driving is other drivers. One of the best things about cycling is other cyclists.

"I’m old enough to remember when teachers lived near schools and nurses near hospitals. That didn’t change because of their preferences — it changed because we banned the housing they could afford." calmatters.org/commentary/2...

August 1, 2025, marks the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. Poles all over the country and especially in the capital, Warsaw, spend the day remembering those who fought and died fighting against Nazi German occupation.

Love seeing the Basque video crews on the Greenbelt.