The stage is set for our bikeway network and bicycling to grow big in 2020. 13.5 miles new paths, protected bike lanes, and bike lanes = more safe places to ride & more people riding! This page provides maps and detailed information on each bikeway. BUT, don’t just read! We need YOU involved to make sure this becomes a reality!
These bikeways are the result of a ton of advocacy, involving hundreds of people showing up to meetings, submitting testimony, canvassing on the streets, and speaking up. In many cases this advocacy goes back several years (even decades)! It’s crucial that we support these bikeways as the hit the streets. Please stay involved or get involved to contribute to making 2020 the Year of the Bike!
And don’t worry 2020 will still have a ton of advocacy to push more projects to realization beyond 2020, like the big Kaneohe, Kalihi, Kailua, Pearl City, and University area Complete Streets projects. BUT, this post is focused on bikeways that will be taking shape in 2020.
HBL needs your help to support these bikeways with – a chorus of support with letters to the editor and on social media, a strong and present voice at Neighborhood Boards and in the community, educational outreach to turn potential naysayers into bike commuters, and events to celebrate the new bikeways and get people out riding on them.
What you can do to support
- Alakea St protected bike lane (Downtown)
- Auahi St protected bike lane (Kakaako)
- Bishop St protected bike lane (Downtown)
- Cooke St bike lanes (Kakaako)
- Fort Barrette Rd shared-use path (Kapolei)
- Fort Weaver Rd bike lanes (Ewa)
- Goodale Ave shared-use path (Waialua)
- Kamakee St protected bike lanes (Kakaako)
- King St extension protected bike lane extension (Downtown)
- Kualakai Pkwy shared-use path (Ewa, Kapolei)
- Leeward Bikeway (Waipahu, West Loch, Ewa)
- Leeward Community College connector (Pearl City)
- Nuuanu Ave bikeway (Nuuanu, Downtown)
- Pensacola St protected bike lanes – (Makiki, Ala Moana)
- Pohukaina St/Kanani St bike lanes (Kakaako)
- Punchbowl St protected bike lane (Downtown)
- Richards St bike lanes (Downtown)
- Ward Ave protected bike lanes (Kakaako)
Explore the Bikeways in the Map (scroll in and click)
Bikeway Implementation in 2020 (dynamic map – scroll in and click on specific projects for more details)
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Read on for Details on All the Bikeways Set for Implementation in 2020(listed alphabetically) & Get Involved!
Alakea Street protected bike lane
This single block protected bike lane on Alakea St will form at outsized role in the Downtown bikeway network by serving as a connection between the end of the King St protected bike lane and the Hotel St transit/bike mall. The City plans to extend the King St protected bike lane to Bishop St where it’ll meet up with the Bishop St major mauka/makai protected bike lane, but this requires upgrades to the traffic signal that will take more time, so the Alakea St protected bike lane was added to provide a connection at the end of King St.
- Agency: City DTS/DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.1 miles
- Extents: Hotel St and King St
- Connections to bikeway network: Hotel St transit/bike mall, King St protected bike lane (implementation in 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Auahi Street protected bike lane
As part of the repaving, a 3-block section of Auahi St will be outfitted with one-way protected bike lanes (or buffered bike lanes) on each side. This short section will link with the upcoming Cooke St bike lanes and existing South St protected bike lanes to provide improved access to the growing area of Kakaako.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Extents: South St-Cooke St
- Connections to bikeway network: South St protected bike lane, Cooke St bike lanes (implementation in 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Bishop Street protected bike lane
The Bishop St protected bike lane will form a major mauka/makai bikeway linking thousands to their workplaces in Downtown. The protected bike lane will be 2-ways on the Diamond Head side (left) of the street and is being implemented as part of a repaving project. This bikeway should get many more people commuting by bike. BUT, it’s certainly going to be controversial – so please get involved to support it!
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.4 miles
- Extents: Beretania St and Ala Moana Blvd
- Connections to bikeway network: Hotel St transit/bike mall
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Cooke Street bike lanes
The City will be installing conventional bike lanes on Cooke St stretching from King St to Ala Moana Blvd. The bike lanes will provide another connection into Kakaako and are being implemented as part of a repaving project.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.7 miles
- Extents: Ala Moana Blvd-King St
- Connections to bikeway network: King St protected bike lane, Pohukaina St bike lanes (implementation in 2020) Auahi St protected bike lanes (implementation in 2020),
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Fort Barrette Road
The HawaiiDOT is implementing major improvements including a shared-use path on Fort Barrette Road between Farrington Hwy and Roosevelt Ave. The shared-use path will provide a safe place for walking and bicycling. This will be a major improvement as much of the street currently has no sidewalks and limited shoulders. The shared use path will add tremendously to the bikeway network by providing a mauka-makai route linking to the Farrington Hwy Blvd bike lanes, Kamaaha Ave bike lanes, Kapolei Pkwy bike lanes, and the Mehana bike path (listed mauka-to-makai) and providing a direct connection to Kapolei High School.
- Agency: Hawaii DOT
- Implementation: Construction in 2020, possible completion 2020 or 2021
- Length: 1.3 miles
- Extents: Farrington Hwy-Roosevelt Ave
- Connections to bikeway network: Kapolei Pkwy bike lanes, Kamahaa Ave bike lanes, Farrington Hwy Blvd bike lanes, Mehana bike path
- Links: see “Future Projects” tab and find on the map – https://histategis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=39e4d804242740a89d3fd0bc76d8d7de
Fort Weaver Road bike lanes
The State is repaving Fort Weaver Road and HBL is currently advocating strongly for the re-striping to include bike lanes; this would involve upgrading the existing shoulders to bike lanes and continuing the bike lanes through the intersections. This change would clearly designate space for bicycling and result in improved safety. Get involved in this ongoing advocacy push.
- Agency: Hawaii DOT
- Implementation: Construction 2020, finish 2020 or 2021
- Length: 1.7 miles
- Extents: Renton Rd-Farrington Hwy
- Connections to bikeway network: Leeward Bikeway (implementation 2020), Fort Weaver Rd shared-use path
- Links: none
Goodale Avenue shared-use path
The Waialua Beach Rd shared-use path provides the Waialua community an invaluable walking and biking resource that allows many kids to walk/bike to school, people to safely get around by foot and bike, and people to get recreation and exercise. In 2014, Waialua resident Frank Kimitch starting advocating for a connecting shared-use path on Goodale Avenue that would allow his kids to bike to school and many other Waialua residents to walk and bike safely. Since then HBL has been working with Frank and other community members to advocate for the path. The first section is set to finally become a reality – Goodale Ave will get a shared-use path linking from Waialua Beach Road to Kealohanui St (Bandstand).
- Agency: City DTS
- Implementation: Construct 2020, finish 2020 or 2021
- Length: 0.3 miles
- Extents: Waialua Beach Road to Kealohanui St (Bandstand)
- Connections to bikeway network: Waialua Beach Road shared-use path
- Links: none
Kamakee Street protected bike lanes
The City is taking advantage of a repaving project to install a short section of protected bike lanes on Kamakee St stretching from Kapiolani Blvd to Queen St. While the short section won’t add significantly to the bikeway network, it’s crucial to take advantage of repaving projects and it sets the tone for when the rest of Kamakee St comes up for repaving that the bikeway be continued all the way makai to Ala Moana Beach Park.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Extents: Kapiolani Blvd-Queen St
- Connections to bikeway network: Queen St/Waimanu St bike route
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
King Street protected bike lane extension
Honolulu’s first protected bike lane is being extended into the heart of Downtown. King Street’s 2-way protected bike lane will be continued from its current end at South St to Alakea St where it’ll connect with another protected bike lane. This is a giant step in building our bikeway network – King St has been a game changer in getting more people riding and extending it to reach Downtown, the employment heart of Honolulu, will be giant in getting even more new bike commuters.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.5 miles
- Extents: South St and Alakea St
- Connections to bikeway network: King St protected bike lane, South St protected bike lane, Alakea St protected bike lane (implementation in 2020), Punchbowl St protected bike lane (implementation in 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Kualakai Pkwy shared-use path
The City Department of Transportation Services will be constructing a shared-use path on Kualakai Pkwy that will link with existing shared-use paths to provide a continuous path from Kapolei Pkwy to Farrington Hwy. In 2015, HBL started advocating for the path as a much needed connection to link people to rail. The shared-use path will link directly to two rail stations – the western most station at Keahumoa Pkwy and the UH West station – providing an important safe biking and walking connection for people from Kapolei and Ewa get to the rail. It’ll also provide a direct connection between the rail and large Ka Makana Ali’i mall. The project is being implemented as part of the City’s rail connectivity program.
- Agency: City DTS
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 1.3 miles
- Extents: Farrington Hwy to existing shared-use path
- Connections to bikeway network: no direct connections. The Leeward Bikeway (implementation 2020) is 1.1 miles away via Kapolei Pkwy
- Links: none
Leeward Bikeway
The Leeward Bikeway has been one of our biggest, if not biggest ever, advocacy focuses. After TOO many years we’re very happy to say that the Leeward Bikeway Phase I is set to go to construction in 2020 and should open no later than 2021 (hopefully sooner). The Leeward Bikeway will extend west from the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail, link with the West Loch Bike Path, and then continue west to Philippine Sea Rd in Ewa. This will make 10 miles of continuous shared-use path, completely separated from traffic all the way from Halawa to Ewa connecting the communities of West Loch, Waipahu, Pearl City, and Aiea in between. It’ll be a game changer. With its realization, our advocacy efforts will shift to Phase II, the extension west to Nanakuli.
- Agency: Hawaii DOT
- Implementation: Construction start in early to mid 2020, completion in 2020 or 2021
- Length: 3.4 miles
- Extents: Waipahu Depot Road-Philippine Sea Rd (Hawaiian Railway)
- Connections to bikeway network: Pearl Harbor Historic Trail, West Loch Bike Path, Kapolei Pkwy shared-use path, Fort Weaver shared-use path
- Links: www.hbl.org/leewardbikeway
Leeward Community College connector
Leeward Community College is less than a 1/4-mile from the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail, yet the school’s 8,000+ students and staff currently have no connection to the trail and no safe route to bike to the campus. In 2015, HBL’s regional advocacy group started engaging with HART, DTS, and LCC to get this short, but crucial connection built. The shared use path connection is on track to become a reality in 2020. In addition to connecting the campus to the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail and Leeward Bikeway, this will also connect the trail to the nearby rail station.
- Agency: City DTS and HART
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.2 miles
- Extents: Pearl Harbor Historic Trail-Leeward Community College access road
- Connections to bikeway network: Pearl Harbor Historic Trail
- Links: none
Nuuanu Avenue bikeway
The City will be installing bike lanes along much of Nuuanu Ave between Beretania St and N School St. With sections of sharrows, this will not be a “low stress” bikeway, but it will be a significant improvement and provide an important mauka/makai connection between Nuuanu and Downtown. Beyond 2020 in a future project, the City plans to install major Complete Streets improvements on Nuuanu Ave between N School St and Wyllie St including a climbing bike lane and sharrow treatment – click here for more details.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.4 miles
- Extents: Beretania St-N School St
- Connections to bikeway network: none
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Pensacola Street protected bike lane
The Pensacola St protected bike lane will stretch from Wilder Ave to Kapiolani Blvd, providing a critical mauka/makai connection. There are over 30,000 people in Makiki, many with bikeable distances to work, school, and stores, the only problem is there is currently NO bikeway connection to Makiki – the Pensacola St protected bike lane will create that connection and hopefully unlock cycling for countless new commuters and riders. On the makai end, the bikeway will link to thousands of residents and lots of stores in the dense Ala Moana area. More than almost any project, Pensacola required a giant advocacy push – the City Council considered removing the project funding from the budget, but thanks to a big push in testimony and presence at Honolulu Hale we were able to get the funding. Now it’s set to begin construction in January and likely our first new bikeway of 2020.
- Agency: City DTS
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.9 miles
- Extents: Kapiolani Blvd-Wilder Ave
- Connections to bikeway network: King St protected bike lane, Beretania St bike lanes
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Pohukaina Street/Kanani Street bike lanes
As part of one of a number of street repavings in Kakaako (also included in this list – Auahi St, Cooke St, Ward Ave), the City is installing conventional bike lanes on Pokuhaina St between Punchbowl St and Kanani St and then on Kanani St for the short block to connect to the existing Auahi St bike lanes. The bikeway will provide an east-west route within Kakaako and while it won’t be protected as King St is, it provides another important piece of the network to help more people get around by bike.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.6 miles
- Extents: South St-Auahi St
- Connections to bikeway network: South St protected bike lane, Auahi St bike lanes, Punchbowl St protected bike lanes (implementation in 2020), Cooke St bike lanes (implementation in 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Punchbowl Street protected bike lane
Punchbowl St will be outfitted with a protected bike lane between King St and Pohukaina St. This is one of several 2020 pieces of the bikeway network that will make provide more safe routes around Downtown. The bikeway will provide direct access to an area with tons of workplaces and hopefully allow some of these commuters to choose bicycling.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.3 miles
- Extents: King St and Pohukaina St
- Connections to bikeway network: King St protected bike lane (implementation in 2020), Pohukaina St bike lanes (implementation in 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Richards Street bike lane
The City will be installing a conventional one-way bike lane with the flow of traffic on Richards St between Hotel St and Pohukaina St, adding an additional piece of the network of Downtown area bikeways.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.3 miles
- Extents: Hotel St-Pohukaina St
- Connections to bikeway network: Hotel St transit/bike mall, Civic Center Path, King St protected bike lanes (implementation 2020), Pohukaina St bike lanes (implementation 2020)
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
Ward Avenue protected bike lanes
Last, but certainly not least – Ward Ave will be getting protected bike lanes. The one-way protected bike lanes on each side of the street will form a crucial mauka/makai route linking from King St through the core of Kakaako and all the way to Ala Moana Blvd. Kakaako is growing – more jobs, more housing, more destinations – yet there is no bikeway connection from the King St protected bike lane down to Kakaako – Ward Ave will provide a big and much needed connection to the growing neighborhood. Additionally, the Ward Ave protected bike lane will provide a dramatically improved connection to Kakaako Waterfront Park and Ala Moana Beach Park – connecting people in mauka neighborhoods to these important recreation and outdoor spaces.
- Agency: City DTS, DDC
- Implementation: 2020
- Length: 0.7 miles
- Extents: Ala Moana Blvd-King St
- Connections to bikeway network: King St protected bike lane, Pohukaina St bike lanes (implementation in 2020) Auahi St protected bike lanes (implementation in 2020),
- Links: http://www.honolulu.gov/completestreets/urbancore
