Kathleen Rooney

Don’t Undermine Hawaiʻi’s Safe Routes To School Program Matthew Leonard/Civil Beat/2025

Don’t Undermine Hawaiʻi’s Safe Routes To School Program

A bill under consideration would give the transportation department broad authority to direct program funds for its existing projects, without going through the legislatively mandated evaluation process of the other proposals.

Gasoline ‘Superusers’ Can Help With Transition To Electric Vehicles Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Gasoline ‘Superusers’ Can Help With Transition To Electric Vehicles

They will reduce costs, give drivers a more predictable fuel budget and make life in Hawaii more sustainable.

‘Safe Routes For People’ Urgently Needed For Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

‘Safe Routes For People’ Urgently Needed For Hawaii

The lives of our keiki and kupuna and their thriving futures are at stake.

Stop Falling For The Congestion Con André-Philippe Côté

Stop Falling For The Congestion Con

More roads and lanes are simply not the solution to ever-increasing traffic woes.

Let’s Be Smarter About Transportation During The ‘Pancession’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Let’s Be Smarter About Transportation During The ‘Pancession’

Honolulu has an opportunity to imagine a new transit system that connects more people.

There’s No Such Thing As Free Parking Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

There’s No Such Thing As Free Parking

That is especially the case in Hawaii. But we can change policies and manage resources better.