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| Mar 6, 2024 | Zipper Lane open to all traffic this morning | GOAKAMAI.ORG
Heavy traffic is seen in a screenshot of the traffic camera at H-1 at Kinau this morning.
The state Department of Transportation opened the Zipper Lane to all traffic this morning after a number of traffic accidents.
The Zipper... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | City and State come together to encourage drivers to Beat the School Jam | Posted on Aug 15, 2022 in Highways News, Main, News
HONOLULU – Annually, in mid-August, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds motorists of the return of nearly 50,000 students to roadways across the state. This year’s Beat... |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Northbound lanes on Kualakai Parkway in Kapolei to close Monday for ‘Magnum P.I.’ filming | MARIO PEREZ / COURTESY CBS
A scene from the “Magnum P.I.” episode “A Bullet Named Fate” in which a guilt-ridden Thomas Magnum follows the clues his private investigator friend, Harry Brown (William Forsythe), left behind when he was shot wh... |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Lane closure at H-3 tunnels switches to Kaneohe-bound side as upgrades progress | State officials said efforts to improve safety at H-3 freeway’s Harano Tunnels will continue, with a single-lane closure scheduled on the Kaneohe-bound side, starting Friday.
From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., a single-lane closure is scheduled before ... |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Town-bound lane of H-3 tunnel to close for safety improvements next week | A Honolulu-bound lane of the H-3 freeway at the Harano Tunnels is scheduled for daytime closures Tuesday through Friday next week for safety improvements.
The state Department of Transportation said the single-lane closure will begin about ... |
| Jan 4, 2020 | 8-vehicle collision cleared after snarling traffic in Kaneohe-bound lanes of H-3 | COURTESY GOAKAMAI.ORG
Traffic backs up before the Harano Tunnel today in Halawa along the Kaneohe-bound lanes of the H-3 freeway.
Traffic was briefly gridlocked this afternoon along the Kaneohe-bound lanes of the H-3 freeway after a multipl... |
| Dec 24, 2019 | Daily lane closure scheduled for Kuhio Highway on Kauai | A single lane closure is scheduled for Kuhio Highway on Kauai at mile marker 1, right at the hill approaching Hanalei Bridge, starting Jan. 3, to finish a slope stabilization project in time for a deadline.
The Hawaii Department of Transpor... |
| Sep 5, 2019 | State turns on new traffic cameras at Maui intersections | GOAKAMAI.ORG
This map shows some of the state’s traffic cameras operating on Maui.
The state’s network of traffic cameras has been expanded to include Maui, offering real-time views of traffic conditions at key intersections on the Valley I... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Prepare for more traffic when University of Hawaii students resume classes, officials warn | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Video by Craig T. Kojima
The state Department of Transportation is offering a new notification service for scheduled and emergency road closures, which the public can su... |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Highway configurations being tweaked for Good Friday on Oahu, Kauai | STAR-ADVERTISER / APRIL 2015
The view of traffic from Aiea Heights Drive overpass looking towards Pearlridge.
State transportation officials will offer special-use lanes for limited morning hours, while several contraflow lanes on Oahu and ... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | State to open Pali Highway on Sunday as repairs close Likelike Highway | Likelike Highway will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday as Hawaiian Electric crews conduct emergency work involving the removal of a damaged, leaning utility pole and other equipment.
During those hours Sunday, Kaneohe-bound lanes of t... |
| Feb 20, 2019 | Town-bound Pali Highway traffic to be contraflowed as hillside work likely to take months | (Video by Cindy Ellen Russell / Photos courtesy HDOT)
Ed Sniffen, state Department of Transportation deputy director for highways, gives an update Wednesday on how long repairs to the Pali Highway are expected to last. A short-term plan is ... |
| Oct 9, 2018 | Kaneohe-bound H-3 closing this weekend for tunnel maintenance | The H-3 freeway is scheduled for closure in the Kaneohe-bound direction between the Halawa and Halekou interchanges Saturday night through Sunday morning for routine maintenance in the Harano Tunnel.
The closures are scheduled to take place... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Apps, website now show trans-Koolau road delays | COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The city’s GoAkamai website and smartphone app have been expanded to include conditions on the H-3 and two other routes over Oahu’s Koolau Range as part of its up-to-date information on traffic.
... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | State suspends closures 1 week for ‘Beat the School Jam’ | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2012
Vehicles travel along the H-1 freeway westbound at the Lunalilo Street onramp.
As thousands of students return to school this month, the state Department of Transportation announced it will suspend one week of mor... |
| Aug 7, 2018 | State suspends closures 1 week for ‘Beat the School Jam’ | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2012
Vehicles travel along the H-1 freeway westbound at the Lunalilo St. onramp in 2012.
As thousands of students return to school this month, the Hawaii Department of Transportation announced it will suspend one week ... |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Beat back-to-school traffic with these varied strategies | ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this June 26, 2015 photo, drivers head into downtown Honolulu from the island’s west side.
Question: Since the University of Hawaii at Manoa is back in session on Monday, I’d be interested in a story about how much addit... |
| Aug 11, 2012 | Zipper Lane will accommodate more drivers for school commute | Beginning Monday, more morning commuters will be able to use the H-1 freeway’s eastbound Zipper Lane, the state announced.
Vehicles with two or more occupants will be allowed to use the Zipper Lane for its full operating period from 5:30 to... |
| Feb 18, 2011 | Smart-phone application tracks Honolulu’s traffic | Back when it was still legal, I always played on my phone while I sat in traffic.
I did it so often, I even changed my phone’s e-mail signature from "Sent from my iPhone" to "Sent while sitting in H-1 traffic."
Then I go... |
| Sep 7, 2010 | New paths to wellness | DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
A 7,400-foot path linking Laie and Kahuku is planned for the Ko'olau Loa region mauka (mountainside) of Kamehameha Highway in Malaekahana. Above, Zach Rasmussen runs along Kamehameha Highway parallel to ... |
| All lanes of Pali Highway reopen after landslide damages vehicles | COURTESY GOAKAMAI
A map shows traffic at a standstill along a section of the Pali Highway in the town-bound direction this morning.
BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]
Safety Systems and Signs workers coned off Pali Highway at the Castl... |
| State offers ways to evade traffic | DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
State Deputy Transportation Director Jade Butay, left, President and General Manager of Oahu Transit Services Inc. Roger Morton, city Transportation Director Wayne Yoshioka and police Chief Louis Kealoha... |
| Highway repair work slated for crumbling stretch near Kaaawa | DENNIS ODA/ [email protected]
The shoulder on Kamehameha Highway in Kaaawa is crumbling into the ocean and traffic was contraflowed around the makai lane today.
Roadway repair work will begin Tuesday, just as another big swell rolls i... |
| H-1 lanes reopen after Kunia crash | COURTESY HONOLULU.GOV
H-1 freeway in the Waianae-bound direction was closed this afternoon following a crash.
Police have reopened all lanes of the H-1 freeway prior to the Kunia offramp after a crash this afternoon.
All lanes were reopened... |
| Town-bound Pali Highway closed through Monday; Kailua-bound opening is pending | Video by Craig T. Kojima and Jamm Aquino / [email protected] and [email protected]
Hawaii Department of Transportation officials urge motorists to avoid Pali Highway in both directions. Three people were injured Monday whe... |
| Film production closes Lanai Lookout parking lot, H-3 lanes next week | DENNIS ODA / 2016
June Kawamata looks through her camera with other whale watchers at the Lanai Lookout. The parking lot is now closed for film production until next Wednesday.
State transportation officials said the parking lot at the Lana... |
| ‘Magnum P.I.’ closing H-3 to Kaneohe next 2 Sundays | State transportation officials say all Kaneohe-bound lanes of the H-3 freeway will be closed this Sunday as well as next Sunday for filming of the CBS television series ‘Magnum P.I.’
The H-3 will be closed between the Halawa and Kaneohe int... |
| Pali Highway slope stable and safe to drive, state says | COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The circle marks the area above the Pali tunnels from where basketball-size rocks fell Monday morning, damaging four vehicles in the Honolulu-bound lanes of Pali Highway.
State officials assured t... |
| H-1 East lanes reopen near Vineyard after wood chipper clogs traffic | COURTESY GOAKAMAI.ORG
An overturned woodchipper on H-1 eastbound, near Ward Avenue, closed lanes and blocked traffic all the way back to Moanalua Gardens this morning. All lanes have been reopened.
All lanes of the H-1 freeway eastbound nea... |