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.

Senate passes overriding zoning rules allowing denser homes- BoiseDev The revamped versions of four bills requiring many Idaho cities to approve small-lot subdivisions, accessory dwelling units, manufactured homes and duplexes cleared a major hurdle at the Idaho State C...

Some great news out of the Idaho legislature (you can’t say that every day):

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This will allow more homes to be built, especially small ones that are less expensive. I hope the bills pass.

The Ram had one that was pretty good, not sure if they still do.

Exciting new bike lane obstruction just dropped.

Conservatives should embrace liberals taking a conservative position, and not run away from it.

Sidewalks and bikes laws are pro family and community, pro wealth, anti government regulation and anti government spending.

Senate committee flips vote to change ACHD commision elections- BoiseDev A familiar bill to remake the Ada County Highway District Commission got a better reception this year. On Monday morning, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted 6-3 to pass SB 1356 to the Senate flo...

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.

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Amen, and thank you.

Welcome to Paris, the City That Said No to Cars Outgoing Mayor Anne Hidalgo leaves the city more walkable, bikable, greener and cleaner.

"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."

“It’s not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It’s the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then ask me where you’re going to put them.“ — Miguel Anxo Fernandez Lores, mayor of Ponte Vedra, Spain. Graphic by the Urban Truth Collective.

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 Construction Drove Down Rents After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....

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.”

Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....

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

The “populist” crusade to make the suburbs more segregated and expensive The crackdown on corporate landlords just got more counterproductive.

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

Senate committee flips vote to change ACHD commision elections- BoiseDev A familiar bill to remake the Ada County Highway District Commission got a better reception this year. On Monday morning, the Senate State Affairs Committee voted 6-3 to pass SB 1356 to the Senate flo...

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...

Why Everyone Is Moving to Boise, Idaho (and you should too) YouTube video by Fourth Place

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.

Senate’s New Housing Bill Would Force Large Investors to Sell Homes The latest provision would require that these investors dispose of newly built homes within seven years.

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...

"Government should run like a business"...unless it means they'll lose their taxpayer subsidy, of course.

CCDC looks to hike monthly parking rate. Board members express concern for business downtown - BoiseDev The Capital City Development Corp. is considering raising some parking rates for the first time in several years — but at least two board members expressed public skepticism of the idea. The urban ren...

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.

Correct, built before parking requirements. And that’s true about transit back then, but it still functions just fine today with reduced transit. It’s in a very walkable location and near current transit stops.

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

Uggghhhhhh

Whenever I go out to get some sunshine

'Washington Post' CEO departs after going AWOL during massive job cuts Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has departed just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.

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.”

100% true. Getting around by bike is a life hack in so many ways.

Hurts my lower back just watching that

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.