comscore City Council urged to require bike lanes on Waialae Avenue | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Top News

City Council urged to require bike lanes on Waialae Avenue

Honolulu Star-Advertiser logo
Unlimited access to premium stories for as low as $12.95 /mo.
Get It Now

Bicycle advocates gave city officials today a petition with more than 1,000 signatures urging that bicycle lanes be installed along Waialae Avenue as part of a major road improvement project in Kaimuki.

A short time later, the City Council Transportation Committee advanced a resolution creating a policy that requires planners  to consider walking, bicycling and other non-vehicular modes of transportation when they design a road.

About 60 bicyclists and their supporters held a rally urging the city to install bike lanes as part of a $9.4 million rehabilitation project for Kaimuki streets including Waialae Avenue, the major surface street in that section of East Honolulu.

Comments have been disabled for this story...

Click here to see our full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Submit your coronavirus news tip.

Be the first to know
Get web push notifications from Star-Advertiser when the next breaking story happens — it's FREE! You just need a supported web browser.
Subscribe for this feature

Scroll Up