KEONE‘AE (UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I/UH – WEST OAHU) STATION AREA

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:
- Park-and-ride and bus transfer facilities
- Elevated pedestrian crossing over Kualakai Parkway
- Local streets in grid-like pattern with smaller blocks part of a multi-modal circulation network
- Multi-use path along Kualakai Parkway next to the Kaloi Gulch Diversion Channel, connecting with Puuwai Park greenway corridor
- Shared-use path along former channel on campus
- Festival street on one block of Hookulaia Street
Parks & Open Space:
- Kaloi-Kualakai recreational greenway along the Kaloi Gulch Diversion Channel
- Kaloi greenway along a former channel on campus
- Open spaces within campus and non-campus lands, including a “great lawn” to serve as a major activity node
- Commons area on campus to serve as a larger, flexible open space area supporting a variety of uses
- Puuwai Park greenway corridor
Urban Form:
- Compact designs and appropriately sized and designed spaces
- Parking garages or podiums screened or wrapped on street side with habitable dwelling units or commercial spaces
- Pedestrian-friendly and active streetscapes
- Greenways and/or multi-use paths serving as a transition for buildings facing roadways, with maintenance and other back-of-house activities accessed by internal streets and service roads
- Buildings and open spaces configured to take advantage of public amenities and views of the mountain ranges, while respecting trade-wind patterns and other environmental conditions to capitalize on opportunities for alternative energy and natural solutions
Land Use:
- Mixed-use zones of higher building heights and densities near the station
- Active ground-floor uses supported by medium- to high-density residential development that provides for a diversity of housing types, incomes, and family sizes within close proximity to each other
- Building intensity generally declining with distance from the station

RELATED DOCUMENTS
East Kapolei Neighborhood TOD Plan Summary Brochure – January 2022
East Kapolei Neighborhood TOD Plan (adopted) – October 2020
UH – West Oahu Non-Campus Lands Urban Design Plan – November 2011
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