BOISE - The City of Boise has been awarded $1 million to further the city’s efforts to create safer streets through a traffic study. The five year long safety pilot will take place on Boise’s highest injury corridor, on Fairview Avenue from Cole to Curtis, which has experienced over 350 crashes in the last five years.
“I am committed to creating a city that every resident can move safely – to visit neighbors and friends, run errands and get to work and school. At the city, we are pursuing every avenue possible to ensure that all residents can do just that, whether they choose to bus, bike, walk or drive,” said Mayor McLean. “Securing this grant furthers our work to create a safer city for everyone.”
This project is one of many of the city’s efforts to enhance street safety including recently implemented slow zone pilot programs, the traffic fatality taskforce review committee, and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure investments such as sidewalks, bike lanes, and crosswalks.
The grant is part of the Safe Streets and Roads for All program to improve roadway safety strategies that will reduce serious injuries and fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists, and truck drivers. Idaho received almost $1.9M for five different projects across the state. The full list of winners can be found here.