CLEAR
CLEAR AND
CLEAR AND THE SUN IS OUT AND ABOUT... AND AFTER WINTER IN A
PAEMIC... WE KNOW
YOU'RE ITCHING TO GET
OUTSIDE.
BUT BEFORE Y'ALL RUN AT
ONCE TO THE BOISE
FOOTHILLS... YOU MIGHT
NEED TO CHECK IF ITS
"YOUR DAY" TO BE OUT
THERE.
STARTING TODAY.... THE
CITY IS LAUNCHING A
PILOT PROGRAM THAT
EFFECTS BOTH HIKERS
AND BIKERS ON FOUR
POPULAR TRAILS.
SO WHY WOULD THE
FOOTHILLS NO LONGER BE
A FREE-FOR-ALL KIND OF
PLACE...ALL THE TIME?
TO AVOID THE WHOLE
FREE-FOR-ALL
ATMOSPHERE.
FREE-FOR-ALL ATMOSPHERE. HOW'S THE NEW PLAN
GOING OVER?
KATIJA STJEPOVIC ASKED
THOSE TO WHOM IT
WOULD MATTER MOST.
14:37 "AS THE
POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW HERE, TRAIL USE 14:37 "AS THE
POPULATION CONTINUES
TO GROW HERE, TRAIL USE
IS INCREASING. I FEEL LIKE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
WAY TO NAVIGATE FUTURE
CHANGES AND INCREASE
USE OF THE TRAILS."
FOR
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIKING OR BIKING IN THE BOISE FOOTHILLS FOR
YEARS LIKE MATT
WORDELL, THE GROWING
USE IS HARD TO IGNORE
16:48 "WHAT YOU ARE
GETTING
GETTING NOW IS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
BRINGING THEIR TRAIL
CULTURE INTO BOISE AND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
YOU'RE GETTING SOME
CONFLICT AROUND LIKE
HOW WE ARE USED TO
INTERACTING ON THE
TRAILS."
AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY
ONE WHO THINKS THIS
NEW PILOT PROGRAM
COULD BE THE KEY TO
PREVENTING FUTURE
CONFLICT AND SAFETY
CONCERNS
SARA ARKLE-
SUPERINTENDENT
FOOTHILLS AND OPEN
SPACE - PARK AND REC
7:42 "WE HAVE A TRAIL
SYSTEM THAT HAS BLIND
CORNERS AND LIKE I SAID
INCREASED USE SO THE
SEPARATION IS
SEPARATION IS
SOMETHING
SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING US TO EXPLORE."
SARA ARKLE
SUPERINTENDENT AT
FOOTHILLS AND OPEN
SPACE
SPACE SAYS AFTER A PUBLIC SURVEY WENT OUT IN JANUARY OVER 4500
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
RESPONDED WITH
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW
TO BETTER MANAGE THE
TRAILS
TRAILS ... SO, IN RESPONSE THE PROGRAM WAS CREATED.
ON EVEN NUMBERED
DAYS THE TRAILS WILL BE
CLOSED TO ALL
DOWNHILL BIKERS.
ON THE POLECAT LOOP
TRAIL AND AROUND THE
MOUNTAIN TRIAL ALL
USERS WILL GO IN ONE
DIRECTION
AND FINALLY ON
BUCKTAIL TRAIL
A NEW PEDESTRIAN-ONLY
TRAIL WILL BE BUILT
BETWEEN CENTRAL RIDGE
AND THE EXISTING
BUCKTAIL
BUCKTAIL TRAIL. THE EXISTING BUCKTAIL TRAIL WILL BE OPEN ONLY
TO DOWNHILL MOUNTAIN
BIKERS...
6:52 "AS A COMMUNITY, I
THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD
OF, WE HAVE SO MUCH
ACCESS. THE POINT OF
THESE PILOT PROGRAMS IS
TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON
BUSY TRAILS AND TO
REDUCE THE POTENTIAL
FOR USER CONFLICT 7:04
AND SO FAR... IT SEEMS
LIKE SOME PEOPLE ARE
PROUD OF IT...
CAMERON GUTHRIE -
LIVES IN BOISE
23:08 "I UNDERSTAND
WHY ITS HAPPENING, LAST
TIME I WAS HERE WAS LIKE
LAST WEEK AND THERE
WAS A FEW TIMES WHERE
I FELT A LITTLE UNSAFE
BECAUSE BIKERS WERE
FLYING BY." 23:16
BUT AS IDAHOAN
CAMERON GUTHRIE
ADMITS... MAYBE NOT ALL
USERS WILL SHARE HIS
UNDERSTANDING
CAMERON GUTHRIE -
LIVES IN BOISE
21:40 "IT'S GOING TO TAKE
AWAY HALF OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY IT ON
A DAILY BASIS AND
NOBODY
NOBODY LIKES IT WHEN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE
PAST HOWEVER MANY
YEARS YOU HAVE LIVED
HERE."
26:15 "THE REALITY IS YES
YOU ARE GOING TO GET
THAT BUT IF THE
MAJORITY LISTENS, IT WILL
BE FOR THE BEST."
BUT FOR NOW... YOU'LL
HAVE TO TEST IT OUT, TO
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
18:00? "WHEN YOU ARE
OUT HERE HIKING YOU
KNOW FOR A FACT YOU
CAN GET ON SOME OF
THESE TRAILS AND YOU
HAVE FREE REIGN, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT PEOPLE BOMBING
DOWN THE TRAILS SO IT'S
GREAT FOR YOU, FOR
MOUNTAIN BIKERS
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF
DAYS EVERY WEEK WHERE
YOU CAN RIP DOWN
LOWER HOLES AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT PEDESTRIANS ON
THE
THE TRAIL
THE TRAIL AND ITS INCREDIBLE." 18:26
INCREDIBLE." 18:26
SO
SO WITH
SO WITH ALL THESE SPECIFICS... LIKE DAYS WHERE BIKERS CAN USE
THE TRAILS AND HIKERS
CANNOT AND VICE
VERSA.... HOW WILL THESE
NEW RULES BE ENFORCED
OR REGULATED?
OR REGULATED?