MERIDIAN, Idaho — 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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The COMPASS Board of Directors identified the route and mode of transportation during a board meeting on August 18.

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In a recent Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study, aptly titled " Let's Ride Treasure Valley ," planning personnel analyzed the feasibility of a few different mass tra

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