Title: Aloha Streets: Complete Streets and Complete Communities in Hawai`i Track: Connect Format: 90 minute panel Abstract: Residents and visitors of Hawai'i expect paradise, but find traffic. Find out how communities at different scales in the state are expanding viable transportation options and building complete, transit-oriented cities and towns. Presenters: Presenter: Evan Corey Nelson\Nygaard Co-Presenter: Mark Garrity City of Honolulu Transportation Services Co-Presenter: Michael Moule County of Kauai

1. Aloha Streets: Complete Streets on Kaua’i Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place Pittsburgh – 2014
Michael Moule, PE, Chief Engineer Kaua‘i County Public Works Department

2. Kaua‘i’s Complete Streets Story
• Get Fit Kaua’i Built Environment Task Force
– Living Pathways Conference with Mark
Fenton (October 2009)
• Committed Mayor and Department Heads
• Complete Streets resolution passed in
September 2010
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Built Environment Task Force Members

3. A Complete Streets Blitz!
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Public Workshop,
Paul Zykofsky
April 2011
Walk Audit Training
Dan Burden
April 2012
Policy Training Paul Zykofsky, Kristen Bennett & Tom von Schrader April 2011
Complete Streets Implementation Workshop
Michael Moule
October 2011
Complete Streets Implementation II,
Gary Toth
September 2012
Poipu Road Charrette Training
Dan Burden and Michael Moule
May 2013

4. The Initial Implementation Plan
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Pass Complete Streets Resolution in Council
Planning Department
Public Works
ID changes to Zoning Ordinance
ID changes to Subdivision Ordinance
Include CS principles in Plan Updates
Review Statewide Complete Streets Taskforce Report
Identify needed changes to roadway standards
Adopt new roadway standards
Chapter 8 Amendments
Chapter 9 Amendments
Chapter 10 Amendments

5. The implementation plan evolved…
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Pass Complete Streets Resolution in Council
Planning Department
Public Works
Improve inter-parcel connections
Strengthen sidewalk requirements.
CZO (Zoning Code)
Subdivision Ordinance
Bicycle Parking requirement or bonus
Shorten minimum block length.
Improve requirement for transit facilities
Require bicycle facilities
Consider maximum parking requirement, instead of mimimum.
Discourage cul-de-sacs
Complete Streets Evaluation Checklist
Six-Year CIP
Mayor’s Office
Updated Roadway Standards
Retrofit Projects
Safe Routes to School Retrofits
Housing Agency
Fire Department
Transportation
Development Plan Updates –
Transportation
Element
General Plan Update – Transportation Element
Multi-modal Land Transportation Plan
CIP Manager
Internal Complete Streets Working Group
Pilot Projects
Get Fit Kaua’i Built Environment Task Force
Monitor progress/Council Update
Performance Measures Reporting
New Transportation Planner Position
Safe Routes to School Task Force
Holo Holo 2020 Vision
Capital Projects
Major Road Improvements
Resurfacing
“Road Diets” or “Rightsizing”
Traffic Calming
Staff Training and Public Outreach

6. Updating Road Design Manual
•LA County Living Streets Manual is the template.
•Internal working group with Public Works, Planning, Housing and Transportation.
•Draft mostly complete; working to finalize it now (adding graphics)
•Next step will be to modify standard drawings
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7. Updating Street Cross Sections
•Functional Classification
–Existing: based on traditional functional class
–Proposed: developed for proposed new typologies
•Roadway and Right-of-Way Width
–Existing: Widths specified, without regard to cross sectional elements
–Proposed:
•Widths specified for each cross sectional element
•Sum to determine roadway and right-of-way width
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8. Existing Cross Sections – Rural
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9. Proposed Cross Sections – Rural
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10. Proposed Cross Sections – Rural
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11. Proposed Cross Sections – Rural
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12. Proposed Cross Sections – Rural
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13. Proposed Cross Sections – Rural
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14. Existing Cross Sections – Urban
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15. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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16. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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17. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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18. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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19. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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20. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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21. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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22. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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23. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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24. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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25. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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26. Proposed Cross Sections – Urban
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27. Innovative and Inexpensive Pilot Projects
•Waikomo Road
•Umi Street
•Nuhou/Kaneka
•Ahukini Street (HDOT)
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28. Waikomo Road
•18’ to 24’ existing pavement, no sidewalks
•Restripe to add pedestrian path on one side
•Implementation within the next several months
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29. LEGEND
Section A
24 FT Two Way
Section B
18 FT Two Way
Section C
18 FT One Way
Waikomo Road Safe Route

30. Section A

31. SECTION C
(Facing East)
Koloa Elementary

32. SECTION B Weliweli to Kapau (Facing West)
Koloa Elementary

33. Po’ipu/Waikomo Intersection

34. Po’ipū/Waikomo Intersection

35. Umi Street
•Two-lane street with parking – wide lanes
•Restripe for bike lanes and back-in diagonal parking
•Implementation within the next few months
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38. Nuhou Street and Kaneka Street
•Four lane roads in residential and new commercial area (at middle school)
•4-lane to 3-lane “road diet” proposed
•Roundabout currently being installed by developer
•Restripe by County to follow next spring
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44. Ahukini Street and Kuhio Highway Resurfacing Projects (HDOT)
•Ahukini Street from Kuhio Hwy to Kapule Hwy
–County staff asked HDOT to add bike lanes as part of resurfacing
–HDOT didn’t mark bike lanes, but they widened the paved shoulders to a minimum of 5 feet on each side
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Ahukini Street
Civic Center
Elem. School

46. Road Retrofits/Reconstruction
•Hardy Street
–Eiwa Street
•Puhi Road
•Hanapēpē Road
•Poipu Road
•Kawaihau Road
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47. Hardy Street
•~$8,000,000 dollar Complete Streets capital project (Federal Aid funding)
•Implementation of Civic Center Master Plan
•Part of the Mayor’s Holo Holo 2020 Initiative
•New bike lanes; improved sidewalks and crossings; roundabout
•Design-Build project
•Construction started this week
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53. Eiwa Street
•Transit Center on Hardy Street was problematic for redesign
•Solution: Move transit center to Eiwa Street
•Build as part of Hardy Street project
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56. Puhi Road
•Federal Aid pavement reconstruction project
•Heavy truck traffic, two existing 12’ lanes
•Initial design didn’t include Complete Streets features
•Quickly redesigned in the past several months
•Construction to start in summer 2014
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Puhi Road
Concrete Sidewalk
Parallel Parking
Bike Lane
Puhi Road
Leleiona Street

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Puhi Road
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Concrete Sidewalk Parallel Parking Bike Lane

61. PROPOSED PUHI ROAD PLANS
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Concrete Sidewalk Parallel Parking Bike Lane

62. PROPOSED PUHI ROAD PLANS
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Concrete Sidewalk
Parallel Parking
Bike Lane

63. Hanapepe Road
•Resurfacing project reprogrammed as Complete Streets Project
•Existing sidewalks inconsistent
•Design charrette held two weeks ago
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64. Hanapepe Road Design Charrette
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65. Hanapepe Road Concept
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66. Hanapepe Road Concept
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67. Hanapepe Road Concept
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68. Poipu Road
•Charrette held in May 2013 (in part as charrette training for staff)
•Project Added to STIP/CIP
•Bicycle lanes and sidewalks
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74. Kawaihau Road and vicinity
•Safe Routes to School
–Kapaa Elementary School
–Kapaa High School
–Saint Catherine School (private)
•Held charrette-style workshop to identify needs
•Current product: brochure showing short-, mid-, and long-term recommendations
•Next steps: Implement recommendations
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77. MAHALO!
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For more information:
Michael Moule, PE
Chief of Engineering
Kaua‘i County Public Works
mmoule@Kaua‘i.gov
Lee Steinmetz
Transportation Planner
Kaua‘i County Planning Department
lsteinmetz@Kaua‘i.gov