The O‘ahu Bike Plan guides the Honolulu Department of Transportation Service’s (DTS) bikeway planning for the entire island of O‘ahu and includes provisions to ensure that the proposed high capacity rail transit stations are integrated into the regional bikeway network. The Plan builds on DTS’s 1999 Honolulu Bicycle Master Plan (that focused on the Kāhala to Pearl City Corridor). The O‘ahu Bike Plan was prepared with broad public input via workshops, website questionnaires and draft reviews. It is a comprehensive plan addressing the five “E’s” of transportation planning (i.e., encouragement, engineering, education, enforcement and evaluation), considered vital to achieve the end state of a truly bicycle-friendly island. While actual bicycle facilities (e.g., lanes, routes and paths) are critical to achieving bike friendliness, implementation of strong policies and programs included in the Plan is essential, and in many instances more cost effective and implementable, to making our roads safer and more accessible to bikes.
