Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Hawaii

Los Angeles has the worst congestion in the country with drivers sitting in traffic an average of 119 hours in 2017.

Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Aaron Short | Sep 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]

Mayors Seek Transit Funds To Fight Climate Change

By Aaron Short | Jul 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a "Marshall Plan" against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities. The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore., implored senators at a climate hearing on Capitol Hill last week to invest in renewable-energy programs in order to create jobs and fund bus and rail systems, with the goal of weening people off gas-polluting vehicles.

After a Cleveland council member proposed a law against "distracted walking," a local news station jumped at the chance to produce anecdotal evidence. Photo: WKYC.com

Honolulu’s Pedestrian-Blaming Law Sets Off a Round of Copycats

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2017 | 57 Comments

Instead of reforming our transportation and land use policies to make walking safer, American cities are doubling down on a dysfunctional system by blaming pedestrians for their own deaths.

I know. Can you believe this bill? Image: KHON

Honolulu City Council Wants Tighter Distraction Rules for Pedestrians Than for Drivers

By Stephen Miller | Jul 18, 2017 | 12 Comments

The bill would prohibit people from "viewing a mobile electronic device" while crossing the street. Meanwhile, Honolulu drivers can take their eyes off the road to look at their dash-mounted devices, issue voice commands, and so forth while plowing through an intersection.

Honolulu’s First Protected Bike Lane Cuts Sidewalk Biking 65 Percent

By Michael Andersen | May 7, 2015 | 1 Comment

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. A few months after Honolulu opened its first protected bike lane, it’s the latest to demonstrate a very consistent trend across the country: Almost every protected bike lane immediately cuts sidewalk biking […]

Military Rules on Smart Growth Are About to Become Law

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

The U.S. military probably may not be the first institution that comes to mind when you think smart growth and sustainable planning, but it has embraced these practices wholeheartedly. Last year, the military adopted a whole new rulebook on master planning. And now, those rules are about to become law. Over the summer, Rep. Earl […]

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