Highlights from the TOD Plan are listed below. See the TOD Plan for all proposals/recommendations and more details, including the implementation framework.

Connectivity & Circulation:

• Fine-grained street grid maintained
• Kekaulike Mall extended to Nimitz Highway as pedestrian-only, with limited truck access for deliveries
• Promenade along Chinatown/Downtown harborfront and both sides of Nuuanu Stream
• Bicycle lanes along Beretania Boulevard, King Street, and Nuuanu Avenue
• Pedestrian/bicycle bridge across Nuuanu Stream, connecting the end of Pauahi Street with Aala Park, to improve pedestrian circulation and reduce walking time
• Integrated rail stop and transit station with basic services and amenities

Parks & Open Space:

• Urban parks and plazas, including public/private spaces integrated with new development
• Nuuanu Stream corridor revitalization
• Aala Park revitalized with new programming and uses

Urban Form:

• Historic trail or special sidewalk pavers to identify the Chinatown historic district
• Scaled development along pedestrian-oriented retail streets with fine-grained, highly articulated facades, changes in materials, ample fenestration, and visible entryways
• Articulated building facades and continuous street wall with buildings close to sidewalk to define public realm
• Physical and visual access to waterfront
• Variation and articulation through changes in building height and massing
• Parking areas designed to permit active street frontage
• Existing scale maintained
• Buildings oriented along Nimitz Highway to maximize waterfront views and access from rest of the historic district

Land Use:

• Mixed land use designations maintained
• Concentrated areas of vitality with active uses on ground-floor frontage
• Building intensity generally declining with distance from the station
• Buildings heights consistent with existing requirements of Chinatown Special District
• Taller heights along Nimitz Highway immediately adjacent to the station
• Uses that build on Chinatown’s existing character, such as businesses that are multi-cultural, family-friendly, food-related, small and locally owned
• Reuse of surface parking lots along Nimitz Highway with mixed-use developments, cultural uses, community services, shopping, food-related and/or residential units