Several Boise streets to temporarily close for ‘Open Streets Boise’ event [Video]

BOISE, Idaho — The Boise bench is gearing up for a great ride. 

“The streets are a public space, and we can close them and use them as a public space that works for us,” Devin McComas, executive director for Boise Bicycle Project, told KTVB. 

“There’s about five hubs of activity, mobility, youth, our open street sub-community, and our Boise goat head fest zone,” McCommas said. 

The mile of Latah Street from Cassia Street to Morris Hill Road will be closed off to cars, but not pedestrians, Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. You can walk through the whole thing, stopping for a bite or entertainment. 

“It, you know, gives people that don’t usually come up to the bench or Latah a good reason, excuse, to come up here and see what’s going on,” Austin Clark, owner of Primal Coffee, told KTVB. 

Open streets aren’t a new thing in Boise.

So, what if the city closed more streets …