Category: Alternative Transportation

Why can’t we get the North South Collector Road across Kihei or just in North Kihei?

  3/17/24 HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!  Do we need the luck of the Irish to get the missing segments constructed?   While the North-South Collector Road (NSCR) plan addressed in the 1998 community plan was to extend across the entire Kihei sub area,  we are just examining the next two phases between Waipuilani and Ka‘ono‘ulu.  For over a decade various County...

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Maui MPO announces Vision 0 week next month

  1/23/24 #kihei   For immediate release: Jan. 23, 2024   Press release by: Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Pam Eaton, Executive Director mauimpo.org   Transportation safety is a priority for South Maui’s Vision Zero Week in February   KIHEI, Maui – The public is invited to participate in a series of events for South Maui’s Vision Zero Week on February 12...

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  1/4/2023 #kihei #bikeability The Link Between Bikeability and Health By Lisa Monroe The health benefits of biking are pretty obvious. They include increased cardiovascular fitness, lower stress levels, improved muscle strength and flexibility, stronger bones, decreased body fat, reduced anxiety and depression, and better joint mobility, posture, and coordination. Biking is also an...

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Constantly improving the North Kihei Intersection of Kenolio Rd. and Alulike St

  11/17/23 UPDATE AGAIN ! In this past week, we see additional signage & pavement markings at this residential intersection. While we do not have evidence of what it looked like before the first actions last month, we can advise that before & after bicyclist Robert Clay was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the night of Sept. 5, 2007, not much changed. But well over a decade later,...

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Tell the State Dept. of Transportation your safety concerns on and around the Pi’ilani Highway

  11/12/23 #Kihei         Are you concerned about the safety of high school students going to their new school? The school opened without the legally required grade separated pedestrian crossing (over or under). It is extremely dangerous to walk or cycle along the sides of the highway in most all area, but particularly over the stream gulches.     The survey is...

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Over 100 resident Maui Island cyclists turn out to honor fellow fallen cyclist Volker Weiss

  7/6/23 #kihei This morning about 100 cyclists gathered at the intersection of Uwapo and S. Kihei Road in N. Kihei before proceeding along the bike path parallel to the Mokulele (Kihei Veteran’s) State Hwy to Hanson Rd. in memory of Kihei resident Volker Weiss. Mr. Weiss was tragically struck head-on by a vehicle traveling on the wrong side of Pulehu Rd. while cycling on Thursday...

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Walk, Don’t Walk to the new high school in North Kihei on Monday

  8/3/23  #kihei    Were you at the general membership meeting in March when newly elected Mayor Bissen announced the solution to allowing the new high school to open this month?  Because the State Dept. of Education (DOE) flat out refused for a decade to comply with the binding condition to provide a grade separated pedestrian crossing (GSPC), either over or under...

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Maui News Report on North-South Collector Road

  8/3/23   #kihei    This morning’s Maui News:   https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2023/08/1st-phase-of-liloa-extension-could-be-ready-in-2027/ 1st phase of Liloa extension could be ready in 2027 County recently received $25M in federal funding for project Maui County officials anticipate that by 2027, the first phase of a north segment of the...

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Now we have the $$$ for next segment of North South Collector Road

  7/1/23 #kihei   We see a major step forward toward filling in the missing segments of the long awaited North South Collector Road (NSCR) in N. Kihei with a $25M federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant. https://www.mauicounty.gov/civicalerts.aspx?AID=12539 The County of Maui was awarded a $25 million federal grant that will help...

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South Maui Bike Ride Saturday July 15

  6/30/23 #kihei This is not a KCA event, but published in favor of a walkable-bikeable community  JULY 15 – MAUI BIKE RIDE Saturday, July 15  8:45 am Kalama Park to Makena and back – 18.3 miles Please meet at Kalama Park at 8:45 am in the parking lot by the basketball courts. We’ll head south for approximately 9 miles until we reach Makena...

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Tuesday, March 19 - 6:30 pm
ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai
1280 S. Kihei Road

Meet Maui Mayor Richard Bissen

Among the topics to be discussed:

Flood Mitigation

Fire Prevention

The North-South Collector Road

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