City Updates Pedestrian Stop-Awareness Signs Across Oahu For Pedestrian Safety Month

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City Updates Pedestrian Stop-Awareness Signs Across O‘ahu as part of Vision Zero Campaign and Pedestrian Safety Month
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One of the signs on Punchbowl, indicating a change in record.

HONOLULU — As O’ahu recognizes October as Pedestrian Safety Month, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services (DTS) has updated statistics on signs that show how often drivers are stopping for pedestrians at eight high-traffic locations across the island.

The “Be Prepared to Stop for Pedestrians” signs are part of the Oʻahu Vision Zero effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries and include the highest recorded stopping rate at each location.

The City generated the stopping rates throughout the month of October by calculating the number of drivers that stopped for a DTS worker that crossed the following roads in a crosswalk over a one-hour period:

•   California Avenue near Makani Avenue (Wahiawā):

•   74% most recent rate; 81% record high 

•   Kailua Road near Ho‘ola‘i Street (Kailua):

•   69% most recent rate; 69% record high 

•   Lunalilo Home Road near Kaumakani Street (Hawaiʻi Kai):

•   64% most recent rate; 64% record high 

•   Moanalua Road near Ualo Street (Waimalu):

•   65% most recent rate; 65% record high 

•   North King Street near Harvey Lane (Kalihi):

•   75% most recent rate; 76% record high 

•   Punchbowl Street near Miller Street (Downtown):

•   77% most recent rate; 78% record high 

•   Renton Road near Pahika Street (ʻEwa):

•   58% most recent rate; 72% record high 

•   University Avenue near Kuilei Street (Mō‘ili‘ili):

•   47% most recent rate; 57% record high

DTS has found that only 66% of drivers stop for pedestrians at studied intersections. Although this rate has improved from 53% before the campaign began, there is still significant room for improvement.

On average, one person dies in a traffic crash every week on Oʻahu. Ten percent of these fatal crashes involve drivers failing to stop for people crossing the street on foot. Hawaiʻi state law HRS § 291C-72 requires drivers to stop for pedestrians crossing the roadway in a crosswalk when the law’s conditions apply.

In response to the alarming number of serious injuries and deaths on Oʻahu’s roadways, the Honolulu City Council adopted Resolution 18-219, and the Hawaiʻi State Legislature passed Act 134 (2019), advancing Vision Zero efforts to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries.

The City adopted the Oʻahu Vision Zero Action Plan in 2024, prioritizing actions to improve safety for pedestrians and other road users and provide safe, healthy, and equitable transportation choices for all.

The pedestrian safety signs and related educational efforts are among several initiatives underway across Oʻahu to reduce crashes resulting in serious injuries and deaths. Other efforts include pedestrian crossing islands, road diets, pedestrian crossing beacons, red-light-running camera enforcement, raised pedestrian crossings, and Complete Streets projects.

To learn more about Oʻahu Vision Zero, visit the Oʻahu Vision Zero Action Plan website: https://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/visionzero.
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City Updates Pedestrian Stop-Awareness Signs Across Oahu For Pedestrian Safety Month

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