urban planning
Complete Waialae Avenue
Please join us in a show of support for bicycle lanes tonight! Community Outreach Event Thursday, April 19 7:00-9:00PM @ Kaimuki Community Park, 3521 Waialae Avenue View Event in Calendar Two hours of your day can make Waialae a complete street! Please, wear yellow or neon green to show your support or a HBL or [...]
Waialae – Stripe it and We Will Ride it
Perhaps the most famous quote from the popular movie ‘Field of Dreams‘ was the repetitive command heard in dreams by the film’s main character, “Build it and they will come.” The farmer finally relents to the command and builds a baseball field in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa. Subsequently, spirits do come to [...]
Action Alert! Neighborhood Board Meeting
Action Alert! 7pm, Thursday 10/13, Diamond Head/Kapahulu/St. Louis Neighborhood Board @404 Kapahulu Avenue (Ala Wai Golf Club House)The movement for complete streets on our island starting with Waialae Avenue has mobilized the community and helped push DTS closer to realizing the project. Through multiple showings of strong community support we have gotten the official support of [...]
Waialae Ave Traffic Lane Study Concludes Today
The Department of Transportation Services Traffic Lane Study of Waialae Avenue concludes today and it is clear that the fight for dedicated bike lanes has just begun. According to DTS, the sentiment is split among business owners located on Waialae Ave. Some have gone so far as voicing their consideration to ‘close shop,’ if the [...]
Waialae Bike Lane Battleground
It’s no secret that Honolulu’s streets are not the safest for cyclists – with one of the highest bicycle fatality rates in the nation, it’s no wonder our streets are car dominated. Unfortunately, the process of changing urban transportation is a complex and time-consuming process. You cannot just go out with a bucket of white [...]
Action Alert – 8/17, 7pm Tonight!
Action Alert! 7pm tonight, Tuesday, 8/17 @ 1117 Koko Head Ave(Kaimuki Christian Church) Tonight is an important moment in the movement to create a complete Waialae and complete streets on our island.We will be at the Kaimuki Neighborhood Board tonight presenting on and asking for official support for bike lanes on Waialae Avenue. A team [...]
Equal Space, Equal Value
In stark contrast to the car accommodating systems here in the U.S., cities in Europe have been adopting policies that are decidedly dissuasive to driving cars. Drivers pay congestion charges for entering city centers. On-street parking is limited. Traffic lights cater to pedestrians, speed limits are strictly enforced, and in some areas cars are banned [...]