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Draft plan prioritizes multimodal streets and mass transit goal but raises questions about state road projects
Summary
Planning staff unveiled transportation goals and a roadway map that prioritize pedestrians, transit and bike infrastructure and set a mass‑transit ridership target. Councilmembers pressed planners about map sources — including a City of Hilo map dating to 1968/1971 — and asked how the county is coordinating with the state Department of Transporta
HILO/KONA — The Planning Department’s transportation presentation on Sept. 23 described a multimodal approach — prioritizing pedestrians, transit and bicycles over automobiles — and included a roadway map that combines county proposals with older planning maps used to guide long‑range connections.
Bethany Morrison said the draft’s transportation goal is to ensure communities are “connected by a multimodal and modernized transportation network” that supports safe and efficient movement of people and goods. The draft lists objectives and policies to increase transit ridership, improve active‑travel corridors, reduce vehicle miles traveled and incorporate green infrastructure into roadway drainage designs.
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