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| Transportation |
| Located on the western end of the city, Honolulu
International Airport (HNL) is the principal aviation gateway
to the state of Hawai?i. |
| Two freeways serve Honolulu proper: |
- Interstate H-1, which, coming into the city from the west,
passes Hickam Air Force Base and Honolulu International
Airport, runs just north of Downtown and continues eastward
through Makiki and Kaimuki, ending at Wai?alae/Kahala. West
of the city proper, H-1 connects to Interstates Interstate
H-2 from Wahiawa.
- Interstate H-201 — also known as the Moanalua Freeway
and formerly numbered Hawaii State Rte. 78 — connects
two points along H-1: at Aloha Stadium and Fort Shafter.
Close to H-1 and Aloha Stadium, H-201 has an exchange with
the western terminus of Interstate H-3 to the windward side
of O?ahu (Kane?ohe). This complex of connecting ramps, some
directly between H-1 and H-3, is in Halawa.
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| Other major highways that link Honolulu proper
with other parts of the Island of O?ahu are: |
- Pali Highway, State Rte. 61, crosses north through
the Ko?olau range via the Pali Tunnels to connect to Kailua
and Kane?ohe on the windward side.
- Likelike Highway, State Rte. 63, also crosses the Ko?olau to
Kane?ohe via the Wilson Tunnels.
- Kalanianaole Highway, State Rte. 72, runs eastward from Wai?alae/Kahala
to Hawai?i Kai and around the east end of the island to Waimanalo
Beach.
- Kamehameha Highway, State Rte. 99, runs westward from near Hickam
Air Force Base to ?Aiea and beyond, paralleling the H-1.
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| Like most major American cities, the Honolulu
metropolitan area experiences heavy traffic congestion during
rush hours, especially to and from the western suburbs of Kapolei,
Ewa, ?Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, and Mililani. Land for expanding
road capacity is at a premium. |
| Established by former Mayor Frank F. Fasi, Honolulu's
public transit system has been twice honored by the American
Public Transportation Association bestowing the title of "America's
Best Transit System" for 1994-1995 and 2000-2001. O?ahu
Transit Services' TheBus operates 93 routes with a fleet of
525 buses. |
| Currently, there is no fixed-rail mass transit
system in Honolulu. However, in 2004, the City & County
of Honolulu and the State of Hawai?i approved development of
an action plan for a fixed rail mass transit system to be built
in several phases. The initial line could link Kapolei in West
O?ahu to Iwilei near Downtown Honolulu. Several attempts had
been made since the 1980s and 1990s to construct a fixed rail
mass transit system but stalled during Honolulu City Council
hearings. |
| Also in 2004, construction had started on a bus
rapid transit system using dedicated rights-of-way for buses.
The system, proposed by former Mayor Jeremy Harris, was expected
to link the Iwilei neighborhood with Waikiki. However, current
Mayor Mufi Hannemann has largely dismantled the BRT system and
deployed its buses along other express bus routes. |
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