Commuter rail identified as the preferred mass transit for the Treasure Valley

For years, commuters between Caldwell, Nampa, Meridian, and Boise have sat in heavy traffic on Interstate 84 and wondered, ‘There has got to be a better way.’

For members of the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS), that ‘way’ has been identified as a commuter rail between Downtown Boise and Caldwell that follows existing freight line tracks along the Boise Cutoff.

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