Traffic to be ‘difficult at best’ during ‘Eddie’ surf contest at Waimea

[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! With the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay set for Sunday, city officials are bracing for unprecedented traffic to the North Shore. The contest — set to run for the first time since 2016, and a 10th time since launched in the mid-1980s … Read more

Officials warn of more traffic during Honolulu rail work

[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! For years to come in Iwilei and Kalihi, expect traffic to snarl more than usual and construction noise day and night as the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and its contractor work to relocate utility infrastructure above and below two major thoroughfares in the build-out … Read more

Traffic-related fatalities in Hawaii surged in 2022

[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! The year 2022 was a deadly one on Hawaii roads — with more traffic-related fatalities than the three prior years. By the end of the year, the number of traffic-related fatalities, 117, was higher than for 2021, 2020 and 2019 but even with 2018, according … Read more

Kokua Line: Are traffic cam tickets online?

[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! Question: How will citations generated by Oahu’s red-light traffic cameras appear in Traffic Court public records? Answer: “The citations are searchable by the vehicle’s registered owner’s name,” said Jan Kagehiro, spokesperson for the state Judiciary. Tickets generated by new automatic traffic cameras, which are designed … Read more