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Idaho Transportation
Department

Public Affairs Office
P.O. Box 7129
Boise, ID 83707
208.334.8005
Fax: 208.334.8563
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Listening to our customers:
Decisions based on objective input

Whether your work place is in the public or private sector, it’s always insightful and productive to reflect on the quality of your efforts. That is why the transportation department joins virtually every major public agency and private business in conducting annual performance reviews.
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A Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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Transportation secretary addresses Boise group
"The transportation system is the engine that drives the nation’s economy,” Norman Y. Mineta asserted in a presentation last week to the City Club of Boise. “Economic growth depends on the safe and reliable movement of people and goods,” the U.S. Transportation Secretary told a capacity crowd. “That’s why passage of the transportation bill is so critical. Without passage, we are robbing local governments of their ability to plan for future transportation needs.”
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Keeping the lanes clear
Idaho’s new “Quick Clearance” law, promoted to the state legislature by the Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho State Police, became effective today (July 1). The law is intended to improve safety and traffic flow on Idaho’s interstates and major divided highways. The law requires motorists involved in a collision that does not cause a death or injury to drive their vehicles to a shoulder, median or emergency lane if they can safely do so.
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Teens learn aviation from ground up
Twenty-three teens from all regions of Idaho and as far away as Trout Creek, Mont., assembled in Boise this week to learn more about aviation and aerospace fields at the annual Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academy. ITD’s Division of Aeronautics presents the annual event.
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Humor is good for the soul
Humor has been associated with positive mental and physical states. The advantages of using humor to cope with stress have been widely studied, and it has been demonstrated that people who have a good sense of humor (and who laugh often) tend to cope better in difficult situations. Humor has also been associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety. Humor is also linked to better pain management and immune system functioning.
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ITD Public Affairs
1.208.334.8002