Visitors: Hawaii’s Dangerous Lack of Sidewalks And Personal Tragedy

Hawaii’s lack of infrastructure investment helped result in this tragic situation and others. Hawaii pedestrian fatalities among highest in the U.S.

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35 thoughts on “Visitors: Hawaii’s Dangerous Lack of Sidewalks And Personal Tragedy”

  1. Maui has plenty sidewalks and so many crosswalks but pedestrians often just run across the street at unmarked spots. It would help if more of our crosswalks had flashing lights so there was better visibility at sunset and evenings.

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  2. Turning Hawaii into Disneyland cannot, under any circumstances, be a good idea!

    Pre-paid reservations to go to the beach?

    That’s just plain crazy!

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  3. It’s a sad day when it takes the life a a loved one on our roads to bring attention to a problem that should be apparent and addressed by our elected officials, period!!
    Kauai Mayor and council should be ashamed!

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  4. I can only assume that the driver of the vehicle that ‘veered off the road’ was a local.
    If it had been a tourist it would have been headline news. The name of the tourist and where, he or she, was from would have been clearly specified.
    Kauai has a long tradition of looking the other way when a ‘Local’ is involved.

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