Traffic Problems In Honolulu
It’s a shame that in such a gorgeous city Honolulu citizens expend an absurd amount of time in their vehicles waiting in traffic not because of congestion, but because of traffic signals. The 2011 Urban Mobility Report released its conclusions and shows that Honolulu is in some serious need for signal light coordination. The report confirms how the overall period of time Honolulu motorists spend waiting for the green light can be 15 million hours per year!
With much better traffic light coordination, Oahu inhabitants could possibly see much less gasoline squandered idling and wind up much happier with the savings of cash and time. Signal improvements can also lessen the demand for the proposed 5.3 billion dollar light rail project.
The project has received a lot of opposition and this only adds more fuel to the fire. An attempt to throw out a lawsuit filed by opponents of the rail project was met with particularly harsh criticism. The plaintiffs of the case, which include, Cliff Slater, former Judge Walter Heen, former Governor Benjamin Cayetano, and Law professor Randall Roth, as well as others, states that the court’s attempt to dismiss the case on grounds they did not participate in the administrative process is unproven.
Should the project move forward, it’s going to undoubtedly trigger even lengthier traffic delays for the city. Current research, assessing possible ecological and archaeological concerns is requiring lane closures and generating traffic even more nightmarish. The Archaeological Inventory Survey is expected to take a year and it is surveying as deep as 10 feet below ground. Continuous survey work is anticipated in West Oahu. Survey teams are doing their very best to keep their work and lane closures to off-peak times so that the result won’t be debilitating for inhabitants during drive hours.
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