CONTACT
	Terry Little Traffic Department Manager 208.387.6140 tellus@achdidaho.org
	POINTS OF INTEREST
	Sight Obstructions Information Sight Obstructions: Your Role Video Detection Cameras ACHD and LED Traffic Signals Flashing Yellow Left-Turn Signals ACHD's Traffic Management Center Video:  Roundabouts Put to the Test Traffic Surveillance Cameras Traffic Counts:  How many vehicle travel your street each day? HAWK Pedestrian Signal Traffic Engineering Congestion Management Traffic Operations Turns and Intersections: The whys and whens Orchard and Clark Traffic Signal Construction (October 2010) McMillan and Mitchell Intersection Change (Sept. 2010) 2011 Busiest Intersections List
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	Traffic Specifications
	General Conditions Signal Systems Pavement Markings & Delineation Roadside Traffic Signs Intelligent Transportation Systems

The Ada County Highway Districts Traffic Department is responsible for planning, designing and providing efficient traffic flow and traffic safety throughout Ada County.

The Traffic Department is comprised of the Traffic Engineering Division, the Congestion Management Division and the Traffic Operations Division. The Department handles all the traffic-related issues throughout Ada County except those on the State Highway and Interstate system, which are under the jurisdiction of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). The Traffic Department, by agreement, also maintains all traffic signals and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) on the ITD system within Ada County.

Major Recent Accomplishments of Department

• Adding more traffic detection cameras  Learn more
• Installed flashing yellow left-turn signals on State Street  Learn more
• Switched traffic signals over to LED signals.  Learn more
  
• Stop signs at over 170 intersections in Boise's North End.
  
• Signing Upgrades and other additional warnings at over 53 rural intersections.
  
• School Safety Study in Boise City resulting in signing upgrades at seven schools, initially, and a phase in of signing at other schools over the next few years.
  
• Larger Street Name signing with block numbers have been placed at many intersections in Downtown Boise and elsewhere. The Cerebral Palsy Association presented an award to the District for this activity.
  
• Major Studies Begun: State Street from State Highway 55 to 23rd Street, 30th Street from State Street to Main Street, Victory Road from Maple Grove Road to Cole Road and the Overland Road/State Highway 69 intersection improvement study.