Comments on: A Way To Eliminate the Traffic? http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/ News about Big Island living on the Kohala Coast and upcountry Waimea. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:52:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Jardine http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Bill Jardine Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:37 +0000 http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/#comment-34 Thanks for the great input, Rick. I guess if the Waimea public school was located out near the Waimea golf course a whole lot of the traffic congestion would go away, since both sides of the highway would be carrying school traffic instead on just one side! You are a creative thinker :-) Imua, Bill Thanks for the great input, Rick.

I guess if the Waimea public school was located out near the Waimea golf course a whole lot of the traffic congestion would go away, since both sides of the highway would be carrying school traffic instead on just one side! You are a creative thinker :-)

Imua, Bill

]]> By: Rick http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Rick Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:03:05 +0000 http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/#comment-33 I think the overall topic of addressing the traffic concerns by focusing on the traffic, not the roads, is creative and worth exploring, especially as related to school traffic. Getting resorts to stagger their work schedules I feel will have little chance of success. First is they already do this with day shifts starting a 6am, 7am, and 8 am. Secondly there is no incentive for them to disrupt a scheduling formula that works for them and accommodates their customer base. But what about relocating the schools. Sounds overwhelming, but is it? HPA and Parker Scool aren't going to move. Too much history and investment. Long term, Waimea Elementary and Intermediary Schools need serious upgrading. I know this is a pipe dream but what about exploring the possibility of approaching the state for replacement. The downtown real estate these campuses currently reside on would reap a tidy $ that would presumably go a long way to purchasing and promoting the developement of that bypass road in the vacinity of the Waimea Airport or the Hawaiian Home Lands out at the end of Kamamalu or Mana Rd. This last location would move the schools closer to the residential sector and Hamakua. And all the smaller day care and pre-schools could with some financial assistance, move to less congested areas out towards Mana Road. This moves them out of downtown Waimea and closer to more populous residential areas. The key to the success of a plan along these adeas is to convince the state that it would be less expensive to relocate these educational facilities than to develope new roads. But first is to convince the powers that be that there is a problem, second that they need to help the community, and thirdly that it is more important than everybody else in this state's problems. Just one man's rambling. I think the overall topic of addressing the traffic concerns by focusing on the traffic, not the roads, is creative and worth exploring, especially as related to school traffic.

Getting resorts to stagger their work schedules I feel will have little chance of success. First is they already do this with day shifts starting a 6am, 7am, and 8 am. Secondly there is no incentive for them to disrupt a scheduling formula that works for them and accommodates their customer base.

But what about relocating the schools. Sounds overwhelming, but is it? HPA and Parker Scool aren’t going to move. Too much history and investment. Long term, Waimea Elementary and Intermediary Schools need serious upgrading. I know this is a pipe dream but what about exploring the possibility of approaching the state for replacement. The downtown real estate these campuses currently reside on would reap a tidy $ that would presumably go a long way to purchasing and promoting the developement of that bypass road in the vacinity of the Waimea Airport or the Hawaiian Home Lands out at the end of Kamamalu or Mana Rd. This last location would move the schools closer to the residential sector and Hamakua.
And all the smaller day care and pre-schools could with some financial assistance, move to less congested areas out towards Mana Road. This moves them out of downtown Waimea and closer to more populous residential areas.

The key to the success of a plan along these adeas is to convince the state that it would be less expensive to relocate these educational facilities than to develope new roads. But first is to convince the powers that be that there is a problem, second that they need to help the community, and thirdly that it is more important than everybody else in this state’s problems.

Just one man’s rambling.

]]> By: Pua http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Pua Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:38:37 +0000 http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/#comment-32 aloha bill, you picked the topic waimea residents and big island visitors, once got stuck in traffic 3 miles out of waimea, like to talk about. i tried the biking but to tell you the truth. it's not just a physical challenge but can give you the creeps when the big trucks pass you. well, bypass seems to remain a dream. how is the project of the wonderful walking and biking trail along the stream all the way into waimea getting together? any updates on it? mahalo, pua aloha bill,
you picked the topic waimea residents and big island visitors, once got stuck in traffic 3 miles out of waimea, like to talk about.

i tried the biking but to tell you the truth. it’s not just a physical challenge but can give you the creeps when the big trucks pass you. well, bypass seems to remain a dream.

how is the project of the wonderful walking and biking trail along the stream all the way into waimea getting together? any updates on it?
mahalo, pua

]]> By: Lisa J http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Lisa J Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-buyers-brokers/2008/01/10/a-way-to-eliminate-the-traffic/#comment-30 It is never to late to have the schools persuaded .... and possibly even rewarded ... they can encourage families to carpool by making bumper stickers that say something like "I carpool to school". It would be a great marketing tool for the schools as well as a way for all the "green" families to boast that they are doing their part! It is never to late to have the schools persuaded …. and possibly even rewarded … they can encourage families to carpool by making bumper stickers that say something like “I carpool to school”. It would be a great marketing tool for the schools as well as a way for all the “green” families to boast that they are doing their part!

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