Interim Director Bower outlines goals to continue ITD's momentum Interim Director Dwight Bower discussed his goals and detailed organizational changes in a meeting held Tuesday with the department’s executive team and division business managers. Dwight is serving as the department’s interim director for five months while the transportation board begins a search for a permanent director. Dwight outlined five priorities for the immediate future. Continue

Truck crash, spilled cargo close Idaho 55 for six hours
Fresh salad your way – tossed green or fruit. A semi truck and trailer load of produce – including vegetables, apples and bananas –escaped onto Idaho 55 early Thursday morning after the driver lost control of his rig while trying to avoid a deer. The crash was reported around 3:30 a.m. and involved no other vehicles.
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Ceremony restores flag and pole crippled by drunk driver
School children at Whitney Elementary School in Boise are well aware of the risks of impaired driving pose and the destruction that follow. The flag pole in front of their school was a vivid reminder until recently. A driver who tested over the blood alcohol limit plowed into the school's flag pole last year, rendering it unusable
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Former DMV administrator Moe Detmar honored
Moe Detmar, who retired as administrator of the Division of Motor Vehicles in 2004 recently received one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). Detmar joins an elite group of Lifetime Achievement recipients. The award was announced in August.
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Farewell event planned Sept. 15 for Chuck Winder
ITD employees have an opportunity to thank Chuck Winder for his 11 years of service on the transportation board and to wish him well in his continued business and public service pursuits during an informal reception Friday, Sept. 15 at Headquarters. The reception will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the auditorium.
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Fitness challenge draws record number of participants
A record-setting 638 employees reached their respective exercise goal during the 2006 I-Fitness Challenge. That represents 21 more people than last year. The 10-week event challenged ITD employees to exercise at least three hours per week and rewarded each successful finisher with an Interstate 50th Anniversary incentive.
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How safe is data on your recycled cell phone?
Selling your old phone once you upgrade to a fancier model can be like handing over your diaries. All sorts of sensitive information piles up inside our cell phones, and deleting it may be more difficult than you think. A popular practice among sellers, resetting the phone, often means sensitive information appears to have been erased. But it can be resurrected using specialized yet inexpensive software found on the Internet.
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Return to school demands extra caution
You’ll find them along busy streets and highways or filling crosswalks; they come on bicycles, buses, private vehicles or their own two feet. They drag heavy backpacks or cases filled with musical instruments. And more often than not, they’re preoccupied visiting with friends or just kicking rocks.
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Pedestrian and bicycle safety tips
Safety tips to share with children
Safety tips for children who ride school buses

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Campaign begins to remove impaired drivers
If you drink and drive in Idaho you will be arrested. That is the message state law enforcement officials, ITD and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration want drivers to know as part of a crackdown on impaired drivers before and during the Labor Day weekend.
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Enrollment begins for optional life insurance
Benefited ITD employees have the opportunity to purchase optional term life insurance at group rates during the annual NCPERS open enrollment period, from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30. The Voluntary Group Life Plan is underwritten by the Prudential Insurance Company of America and is administered by American Administrative Group, Inc.
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