Boise Transportation Thread

[Sawtooth]

Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/...#storylink=cpy
Southwest will offer a new nonstop route at the airport, to and from Long Beach, California

Starting Sept. 9, Southwest Airlines will reintroduce its direct flight to Chicago-Midway, rejoining Alaska Airlines and United Airlines to offer service to and from Illinois. The other two air carriers fly through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Originally Posted by Cottonwood

https://simpleflying.com/alaska-airl...oise-strategy/

Alaska Airlines Explains Its Strategy In Boise
by
Jay Singh
November 25, 2021





Here is a list of our current non stop flights:

https://www.iflyboise.com/

https://www.iflyboise.com/travel-pla...-destinations/

https://www.iflyboise.com/media/1727...-with-logo.jpg



https://www.cshqa.com/content/upload...-airport-5.jpg

[Cottonwood]

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lon...ortland-boise/

Long Beach Airport adds nonstop flights to Portland, Boise

[Cottonwood]

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/...274471825.html

A war of two scooters: Lime, Bird battle over exclusive e-bike contract in Boise

[Paniolo Man]

May as well invade the Boise realm for this:

Originally Posted by Paniolo Man

The FRA corridor ID program work is still ongoing. They anticipate the FRA will decide who gets funding around September. They appear to be studying Boise-SLC and SLC-Vegas as two separate routes, which makes sense.

Here's their graphics for each:

[Cottonwood]

Looks like the plans are to utilize the three historic train stations in Boise, Nampa and Caldwell.

[Cottonwood]

https://allaboardnw.org/events/great...l-summit-2023/

Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit 2023
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 through Thursday, 20 July 2023

Join us at the 2nd Annual Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit in beautiful Boise, Idaho. The Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit brings passenger railroad organizations, advocates and enthusiasts together with local, state and federal elected officials and policymakers, and rail infrastructure experts to educate, innovate and coordinate for the restoration, expansion and enhancement of passenger rail service across the Greater Northwest.

https://gnwprs.org/

Together, we can build a network of passenger rail throughout the Greater Northwest.

[Cottonwood]

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/lo...f-fba3dd425607

Treasure Valley leaders make push for passenger train service; Amtrak CEO in Boise

Boise hosted the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit that brought the Amtrak CEO to town. The Treasure Valley lost Amtrak service in 1997.

City leaders and other stakeholders from across the Northwest filled the Boise Depot Wednesday for the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit to discuss potential Amtrak service expansion through region.

[Cottonwood]

Boise Airport on record pace for passengers ahead of adding two more flights this fall

BY KEVIN FIXLER UPDATED AUGUST 03, 2023 11:33 AM
Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/...#storylink=cpy


And:


https://www.boisestatepublicradio.or...map-ada-county
A new, interactive bike map for Ada County
By Samantha Wright

https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...ce=govDelivery

[Cottonwood]

https://idahobusinessreview.com/2023...arking-garage/

Boise Airport doubles capacity with new parking garage
Jason Thomas//August 23, 2023

The construction of the East Parking Garage is part of the airport’s multiyear capital expansion plan, BOI Upgrade. Other projects included are an employee parking garage that is on-track to open next Spring, a Consolidated Rental Car Center (CONRAC) that will break ground this fall, and a brand-new concourse, Concourse A, that is anticipated to begin construction in 2026.

[Hot_Onions]

https://boisedev.com/news/2023/10/06...inal-redesign/

Some good news in regard to public transportation. Glad to see that there is a bit of expansion of services for the area.

[Cottonwood]

Originally Posted by Hot_Onions

https://boisedev.com/news/2023/10/06...inal-redesign/

Some good news in regard to public transportation. Glad to see that there is a bit of expansion of services for the area.

yes, good news!

[Cottonwood]

https://idahobusinessreview.com/2023...ional-service/

Boise Airport adds ninth airline with domestic, international service
Marc Lutz//October 17, 2023

Idaho travelers will be able to book passage on nonstop flights to Minneapolis/St. Paul through Sun Country and connect to its other destinations, however it’s not the only airline operating through Boise that offers nonstop flights to the Twin Cities. It does increase the number of flight options customers have.

[Cottonwood]

https://www.idahopress.com/news/loca...d5a898b4d.html

Trains to Nampa: How railroads influenced city development
HAADIYA TARIQ htariq@idahopress.com Dec 26, 2023

Nampa’s railroad connects to Portland’s seaport, bringing items originally delivered seaside by boats to the southwestern Idaho city. All sorts of commodities come through Nampa by train, Garsvo said, as similarly throughout its history.

[202_Cyclist]

As the saying goes, you had one job to do...

Report: Federal government never received Salt Lake City-Boise rail application


The Federal Rail Administration announced several grants to transportation agencies across the U.S. late last year, an effort to study possible expansion of the country’s passenger rail network as part of its Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) program.

KPCW
By Parker Malatesta
February 1, 2024

"A grant application to study a connection between Salt Lake City and Boise was rejected, and according to Idaho-based local news site Boise Dev, we now know why.

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) was responsible for submitting the application on behalf of numerous partners, including the Utah Department of Transportation and Salt Lake City government.

The agency mistakenly applied for a separate program.

“Inadvertently, one of our staff members submitted the application for this Corridor ID to the wrong link, ” ITD spokesperson John Tomlinson told BoiseDev..."

https://www.kpcw.org/state-regional/...il-application

[Paniolo Man]

Gonna drop this over here as well:

Originally Posted by Paniolo Man

RPA has released the list of "preferred routes" identified by the Long-Distance Study. It includes 2 Utah routes:

Seattle to Denver, via Portland, Boise, Pocatello, Salt Lake City, and Grand Junction.

Los Angeles to Denver, via Barstow, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Cheyenne.

[Cottonwood]

https://idahobusinessreview.com/2024...-wine-country/

Boise Airport gets nonstop service to California’s wine country
Marc Lutz//February 22, 2024