Growing Idaho: How much worse is traffic getting?

BOISE, Idaho — With Idaho growing comes growing traffic. No one likes traffic, but is it really that bad around here? Or do we just like complaining about it?

More people moving into the state means more cars on the road. In fact, Betway claimed heading into Christmas, that Boise would face the 4th most traffic congestion of any North American city this holiday… of any North American city?

Betway ranked the top cities to face possible traffic congestion as New York City, Chicago, New Haven, and Boise in 4th place. They based that on travel time, average speed, average December snowfall, last year’s December traffic congestion, and anger toward traffic online. As you can see, these factors include four measurable statistics and one prevailing opinion. Betway says Boiseans had the worst opinion of their traffic of any city on the list I saw…

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