The first step in the short-term is to develop a comprehensive pedestrian plan. The cheapest way to reduce traffic is to get more people to walk. Increased pedestrian flows will encourage economic growth along busy travel corridors. Unfortunately the pedestrian environment surrounding the HCC is unfriendly. Separation of pedestrians from vehicular traffic is minimal.
Pedestrians experience views of vacant lots, litter, cracked sidewalks and strip bars.
They are exposed to noxious fumes and loud noise from buses and automobiles. Hardly the portrait of a world class convention destination. Motor vehicles, the dominant form of transportation, also should be discouraged. Building more parking lots in Waikiki will only promote more cars and traffic congestion. Already there is great need to make optimal use of existing resources and technologies such as traffic control and transportation demand management.