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Parking Will Be Banned In Lanikai Loop To End Beachgoer Gridlock Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Parking Will Be Banned In Lanikai Loop To End Beachgoer Gridlock

The city’s plan to quell Lanikai’s traffic nightmare involves no parking on the main loop and more bike racks and buses.

Low-Flying Helicopter Caused Paraglider Crash At Makapu’u, Lawsuit Claims Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Low-Flying Helicopter Caused Paraglider Crash At Makapu’u, Lawsuit Claims

A paraglider pilot injured in a 2023 accident is suing an Oʻahu air tour company for negligence.

Ala Wai Harbor Is A Major Tow-Away Zone. Will Better Warning Signs Help? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Ala Wai Harbor Is A Major Tow-Away Zone. Will Better Warning Signs Help?

Repaving is also coming for most of the 900 parking spaces at Hawaiʻi’s largest small boat harbor.

Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Oʻahu Wants To Crack Down On Homeless Bus Riders

Proposed restrictions would discourage people from sheltering in public transit.

Investigators: High Winds, Rotor Flap Caused Fatal Kauaʻi Helicopter Crash National Transport Safety Board/2025

Investigators: High Winds, Rotor Flap Caused Fatal Kauaʻi Helicopter Crash

Three people died during an air tour over the Nāpali Coast in July 2024. Investigators attributed the accident to weather and a known weakness in the model of the helicopter.

Fix It! This Wooden Footbridge In Windward Oʻahu Is A Survivor Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025

Fix It! This Wooden Footbridge In Windward Oʻahu Is A Survivor

It’s Groundhog Day in Windward Oʻahu, where a pedestrian bridge has been caught in a cycle of being destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed.

Honolulu Bus Commuters Are The Latest Victims Of Federal Funding Cuts Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu Bus Commuters Are The Latest Victims Of Federal Funding Cuts

The city announced that nearly $10 million for seven programs, including a Waiʻanae Coast bus rapid transit project, has been eliminated.

Pilot in 2019 Oʻahu Helicopter Crash Wasn’t Properly Certified, FAA Says Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Pilot in 2019 Oʻahu Helicopter Crash Wasn’t Properly Certified, FAA Says

The FAA says a whistleblower was correct in saying the owner of the helicopter tour company shouldn’t have certified the pilot, but investigators didn’t substantiate allegations of broader problems.

It Took 8 Pedestrians Struck At This Intersection For The City To Act David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

It Took 8 Pedestrians Struck At This Intersection For The City To Act

Residents asked the city to make the intersection safer after a woman was killed there in 2019, but the city said no changes were needed. Since then, more people have been hit.

Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing For Car-Free Fun Zones — But Not On Oʻahu Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaiʻi Lawmakers Are Pushing For Car-Free Fun Zones — But Not On Oʻahu

Some Oʻahu lawmakers worry the program could snarl traffic in their districts.