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Imagining car-free streets: Sunday will bring Boise’s first-ever ‘Open Streets’ event
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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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I live on this street. Honestly, it gets more foot traffic already than much of the town. There's a school and many of the kids walk home. Which is rare in Boise. Unfortunately, the highway district has turned the street into a stroad and much of the day has a ton of car traffic at decent speeds.
But I am not buying the idea that they're promoting foot traffic and busses so much as working with the three new(ish) businesses on the street to promote gentrification.