There are a few irrefutable facts in life:

  • There will always be someone with their phone speaker on full volume in a waiting room
  • A Creed song will play every time you're at a bar with a TouchTunes machine
  • Traffic gon' traffic. Especially in Boise

It's no secret. Traffic in Boise, Idaho is pretty bad. With Boise being one of the fastest-growing areas in the country year after year, more people here equals longer waits in traffic. But, is it some of the worst traffic on the planet?

According to a study back in 2021, Boise indeed landed itself near the top of the worst rush hours in the world. Not just in Idaho, not just in the U.S., but on Earth. It's that bad.

That study was four years ago, and we now find ourselves in the year 2025. Do you think traffic in Boise has somehow gotten even worse in the past four years, or have you noticed a little relief at red lights around town?

You tell us.

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Oh, it gets worse.

Not only is Boise home to one of the worst traffic situations in existence, but we're also near the top when it comes to traffic fatalities here in the U.S.

Please, please, please be careful driving out there. Even if you're paying attention and driving by the rules, that doesn't mean people around you are.

Idaho's Horrifying Lead in National Traffic Deaths

Gallery Credit: Hannah Shippen, Townsquare Media

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Now here's a traffic story that ain't so bad. It's just a simple typo on a traffic sign that we found pretty entertaining!

Idaho's Viral Traffic Sign Typo

What was going on over in Star, Idaho?

Gallery Credit: Credit: Mateo, 103.5 KISS FM

 

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