Idaho's Transportation Infrastructure: Moving Idaho Forward

IDAHO’S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE VITAL TO THE STATE’S ECONOMY.
The state’s vast network of critical infrastructure, from its roads and bridges to the systems that support transit, bikes, and pedestrians, enables personal freedom and spurs responsible growth in employment, job creation, business retention, and property development. However, Idaho must determine how to properly fund this essential system to ensure it is maintained and accommodates the state’s unprecedented growth. In 2010, a task force appointed by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and led by then Lieutenant Governor Brad Little began addressing these issues. In 2011 the group released a report, Modernizing Transportation Funding in Idaho. Since then, the Idaho legislature has passed revenue enhancements, while the state’s population has grown significantly. These changes have spurred a diverse group of stakeholders to re-examine Idaho’s transportation infrastructure and identify alternatives available to meet the needs of the state now and in the future. These stakeholders engaged Idaho Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization, to conduct an independent analysis for this report.

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