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:

• New streets to provide access within mixed-use district and to Waiakamilo Road and the Kalihi station area
• Promenade along both sides of Kapālama Canal to create mauka-makai connections and view corridors
• Kohou Street redesigned as shared street to accommodate all modes of travel
• Kalani Street priority bicycle connection
• New and widened sidewalks along Dillingham Boulevard
• Two new pedestrian/bicycle bridges across Kapālama Canal

Parks & Open Space:

• Large community park (at least five acres) with recreational opportunities, such as ball fields, picnic areas, seating, and potentially a community center that can support programs and services
• Urban parks and plazas in new development projects and partnership with Honolulu Community College as public/private spaces
• “Green streets” with large shade-providing trees on Alakawa Street and new streets to connect open spaces and form a network, improve walkability and livability, facilitate access to promenades, and highlight views
• Promenade along both sides of Kapālama Canal to serve as open space and a recreational amenity

Urban Form:

• Scaled development along pedestrian-oriented retail streets and pedestrian connections 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
• Facade improvements along King Street to boost economic vitality of independent stores
• Parking areas designed to permit activate street frontage
• Physical and visual access to waterfront
• Upper levels of building stepped back to provide transition where adjacent building height regulations are lower
• Transitions and buffers between industrial and residential uses
• Variation and articulation through changes in building height and massing, with slender and staggered towers to minimize shadows and protect waterfront views
• New development oriented along Kaplama Canal with active ground-level uses

Land Use:

• Residential uses along Kapālama Canal
• Mixed uses makai of the station
• Educational hub at Honolulu Community College and full complement of uses
• Concentrated areas of vitality with active uses on ground-floor frontages
• Highest building intensities in neighborhood, generally declining with distance from the station and Dillingham Boulevard
• Working harbor and port activities maintained