Honolulu City Council Policy Resolutions(Link to original Word Processing Version)
RELATING TO THE SUPPORT OF A FULLY INTEGRATED MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
AND TO THE SELECTION OF A LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE
PRIMARY CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the transportation infrastructure in Oahu's primary
transportation corridor, which stretches from Kapolei in the west
to the University of Hawaii (UH) -Manoa and Waikiki in the east,
is currently overburdened handling current levels of travel
demand; and
WHEREAS, future growth will further increase traffic
congestion and delay within the primary transportation corridor;
and
WHEREAS, conditions warrant investments to improve the
efficiency of the corridor's transportation infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, community-wide public input on improving mobility
within the primary transportation corridor was received during
four rounds of Oahu Trans 2K public workshops that were held from
September 1998 to November 1999; and
WHEREAS, by its adoption of Resolution No. 99-338, CD-1, on
December 1, 1999, the Council of the City and County of Honolulu
(Council) strongly endorsed the mobility concepts forwarded by
the City Administration after Round 4 of the Oahu Trans 2K
meetings; and
WHEREAS, by its adoption of Resolution No. 99-338, CD-1, the
Council further supported a preliminary financial approach to
include phased use of federal transportation funds, local highway
funds, and City general obligation bonds to approve the necessary
funding; and
WHEREAS, the City Administration and Council have followed
procedures for federal transportation assistance and are now
nearing completion of the "major investment study/draft
environmental impact statement" (MIS/DEIS) phase of the Primary
Corridor Transportation Project (Project); and
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City and County of
Honolulu that it supports the implementation of a fully
integrated mass transit system; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as part of a fully integrated
mass transit system, the Council selects as the "locally
preferred alternative" (LPA) the alternative referred to as the
Bus Rapid Transit Alternative in the Major Investment Study/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement: Primary Corridor Transportation
Project, dated August 2000, which includes an expanded hub-and-
spoke bus system, a Regional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, and
an in-town high capacity In-Town BRT system consisting of a
transit spine from Middle Street to Downtown, a University Branch
from Downtown to UH-Manoa, and a Downtown to Kakaako/Waikiki
Branch; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the City
Administration to prepare and to transmit the required "LPA
Report" to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) with a copy
provided to the Council, the Oahu Metropolitan Planning
Organization (OMPO), and the State Department of Transportation
(SDOT); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon approval by the FTA, the
City Administration is authorized to commence the "preliminary
engineering/final environmental impact statement" (PE/FEIS) phase
for the LPA; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director, Department of
Transportation Services (DTS Director) is authorized to enter
into an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to Chapter 1,Article 8, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as amended, with
the SDOT for the regional component of the BRT; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the Governor of the State of Hawaii; the Mayor of
the City and County of Honolulu; the Director of SDOT; the DTS
Director; Mr. Gordon Lum, Executive Director of OMPO, Ocean View
Center, Suite 200, 707 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813;
Mr. Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator of FTA, 201 Mission
Street, Room 2210, San Francisco, California 94105; and
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