| The Livable Waikiki Project is a two-year project to improve transportation efficiency in Waikiki, a small but intensely developed urban beachfront neighborhood. Congestion and conflicting parking policies in Waikiki necessitate the creation of a transportation circulation plan, which is the focus of the city's $300,000 TCSP grant. The grant will result in a documented process and lessons for developing community consensus, linking land use and transportation planning with preservation efforts, and engaging the private sector in these efforts. Waikiki's urban beachfront neighborhood is only 507 acres of the 600 square mile island of Oahu, but it supports 36,000 jobs in the service, transportation, and trade industries. The majority of workers commute from other areas. Under this project Honolulu will: 1) develop a community-based mobility plan for Waikiki to guide and leverage transportation investments to create a more livable Waikiki; 2) build upon ongoing island-wide visioning efforts and use highly participatory, hands-on planning tools to involve members of the Waikiki community in designing transportation systems that increase mobility while preserving historic community character; 3) create community consensus on priorities, to enable specific projects to move from vision to action; 4) link land use and transportation planning with environmental and cultural preservation efforts; 5) engage private-sector business people, transportation providers, landowners, and hotel/tour operators to help recreate Waikiki as a vibrant gathering place for both residents and visitors - with a Hawaiian sense of place; and 6) document the process and lessons learned for use by other communities.
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