honolulutraffic.com

formerly The Alliance for Traffic Improvement

Seeking cost effective ways to reduce traffic congestion on Oahu

 

 

The first table is worth spending some time with. It shows that in the period 1980-2000 that no metro area of the 50 largest managed to increase the percentage of commuters using public transportation whether or not they built a rail line.

Census 2000 table

 

The next table of Census data shows how the same thing has occurred in Honolulu where the percentage has declined from 10.0% to 8.3% over a 20-year period. This despite an increase in the bus fleet of 30% and a significant increase in financial losses. The declines continue.  Honolulu's commuting

 

This site allows a real time view of traffic conditions in Honolulu: Traffic cams