![]() The extended parking in loading zones causes a ripple effect, Egged and local operators say. “Every day there’s violations, there’s not much enforcement.” “We have video of a commercial truck in a 30-minute loading and unloading zone sitting there for eight hours,” said Rick Egged, president of the nonprofit Waikiki Transportation Management Association. Loading zone signs restrict the curb use on Seaside Avenue in Waikiki. Some of the drivers with the 10,645 loading permits issued this year use them to park well past the limit, when parking is scarce or next to impossible. The pass works all over the island and it’s pretty easy to get one, city officials say. It’s been more than four decades since city officials last increased the cost of an annual loading zone permit. “If you’ve spent any amount of time in Waikiki you can see those conflicts occur,” Nouchi said. “The curb … is really kind of the last frontier for battling for space,” Jon Nouchi, the city’s deputy director for transportation services, told Honolulu City Council members last week as they considered a bill aimed at better managing the growing chaos. ![]() Getting through Waikiki often involves dodging buses and trolleys as they load and unload passengers curbside. It’s the busiest place in Hawaii in terms of ground transportation. ![]() Tour trolleys, buses and commercial trucks often block curbs and traffic lanes, parking in both legal and illegal spots as they offload passengers and supplies. But locals often encounter chaos as they drive along Kalakaua or Kuhio avenues, and finding an open space on the street involves praying to the parking gods.Įxacerbating things is the neighborhood’s loading zone free-for-all. Sure, maybe the tourists are having a fun time there. First, you must spiritually and emotionally prepare yourself for the journey. ![]()
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