By Patti Hatzistavrakis, Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute In fall 2025, the statewide Healthy Eating + Active Living (HEAL) Coalition identified free mass transit for keiki as a top priority for the 2026 legislative session. The goal is to ensure young…
By Abbey Seitz, Hawaiʻi Appleseed Hawaiʻi has already seen three pedestrian fatalities in the new year. While nearly all of the media coverage of these deadly collisions has focused on the actions of the pedestrians - noting if they were…
Here in Hawaiʻi’s transportation spaces, we too often talk around very painful realities that impact community health outcomes. Specifically, we ignore how oppression, starting with the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy, has become so deeply entrenched in our community systems…
In May of 2023, the legislature passed HB 600, a comprehensive bill meant to improve Safe Routes to School (SRTS) efforts in Hawaiʻi. Governor Josh Green signed the bill into law on July 6, 2023, as Act 244 (2023). This…
Aloha Mai Kākou, Welcome to an online place to share current policy, programs, projects, and events that make walking, rolling, bicycling, and taking mass transit more accessible and inclusive for the peoples of Hawaiʻi. Active transportation can be a climate,…