DRAMATIC INCREASE MORE THAN DOUBLING COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

WHAT IS BEHIND THIS ALARMING RISE?

ARE CURRENT SAFETY MEASURES ENOUGH?

WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTECT DRIVERS?

CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION, NEXT ON INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII.

♪ ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII.

I'M YUNJI DE NIES.

SO FAR IN 2025, MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC-RELATED INCIDENTS.

THAT IS A DRAMATIC INCREASE FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR WITH FATALITIES ON OAHU MORE THAN DOUBLING.

CURRENTLY WE ARE IN WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS CALL THE “100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER” WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS SEEN THE MOST TRAFFIC FATALITIES.

SO WHAT IS BEHIND THE DRAMATIC UPSWING IN THESE FATAL NUMBERS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER?

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.

YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOU'LL FIND A LIVE STREAM OF THIS PROGRAM AT PBSHAWAII.ORG AND THE PBS HAWAII YOUTUBE PAGE.

NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

ED SNIFFEN IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, AND OPERATING OUR STATE ROADWAYS.

PRIOR TO THIS POST, HE WAS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DOT'S HIGHWAYS DIVISION.

LOLA IRVIN IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION DIVISION IN THE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

SHE WORKS ON POLICY, SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL HAWAII RESIDENTS.

JON NOUCHI IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

HE HAS WORKED IN TRANSPORTATION IN HAWAII FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

HE HAS A DEGREE IN URBAN PLANNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

MAJOR JAMES SLAYTER IN THE COMMANDER OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE HAS SERVED IN HPD FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES AND PREVIOUSLY WAS THE HEAD OF THE VEHICULAR HOMICIDE SECTION AT THE DEPARTMENT.

THANK ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT VERY DIFFICULT TOPIC.

START WITH YOU.

TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERSMENT I KNOW THAT BEHIND EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS IS A STORY INDIVIDUAL I DON'T BAND TO DIMINISH ANY OF THAT BROADLY SPEAKING TALK ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN AND WHERE ARE WE AT THIS MOMENT?

>> AT THIS TIME 74 FATALITIES STATEWIDE.

AS OPPOSED TO 56 LAST YEAR.

18 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S CURVE.

IF WE PROGRESS THIS WAY, WE'LL TREND ABOUT 125 DEAD BY END OF THIS YEAR.

HALF OF THEM DEAD ON OAHU.

VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT AS NUMBERS.

BEST WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION ACROSS TO EVERYBODY.

LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, MOST OF THEM HAVE SPEED CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

MOST OF THEM HAVE DUIs IN THERE.

AND ALL OF THEM HAVE DISTRACTIONS SOME WAY AIR SHAPER FORM.

DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS.

DRIVERS PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

>>Yunji: WHEN SAY DISTRACTIONS PEOPLE ON PHONE, TEXTING, DISTRACTION ON PHONE.

OTHER THINGS IN THE CAR THEY SHOULDN'T BE.

SOME ARE EATING, SHAVEENING THE CAR.

ALL TYPE OF THINGS OCCURRING SEE THE ROAD WAY EVERY DAY.

I DON'T THINK I CAN GO A DAY DRIVING PEAK TRAFFIC WITHOUT SEEING SOME KIND OF DISTRACTION NEXT TO ME.

USUALLY A PERSON ON THEIR PHONE.

KIND OF TRYING TO PACE TRAFFIC AND LOOK UP AND DOWN.

I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW FAR YOU CAN GO IN YOUR VEHICLE.

JUST 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING DOWN FOR A SECOND.

VERY DANGEROUS.

SOMETHING WE GOT TO STOP DOING.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THESE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS PART OF THE YEAR THAT MAKES IT SO DANGEROUS.

>> THAT WAS D DERIVED NATIONAL STUDY LOOKED AT ALL 50 STATE IS NOT JUST HAWAII, AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT IS THEY SAW A SPIKE IN TEEN DRIVER DEATHS DURING THOSE 100 DAYS.

A LOT OF THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT STUDENTS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

YOUNGER TEEN DRIVERS INEXPERIENCED ON ON ROADWAYS.

CELEBRATIONS GRADUATION, JUST PARTIES.

FESTIVITIES.

GATHERING.

SO THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO LEAD TO HIGHER COUNT IN THE FATALITIES.

LUCKILY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SPIKE EVERY YEAR HERE IN HAWAII.

BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT.

GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

ACTUALLY LIKE HEADLINES LIKE THAT.

I LIKE NAMES LIKE THAT.

AND TITLES GETS CONVERSATION GOING.

IT GETS US ALL THINKING ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY.

IT'S REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A TALK WITH YOUR TEEN DRIVER.

HAVE A TALK WITH YOUR YOUNGER DRIVER.

EXPLAINING HOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO REMAIN ALERT.

SOCIAL DEFINITELY.

NOT DISTRACTED.

SOBER FOCUS ON THE ROAD.

DISTRACTION IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

THREE I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, MANUAL.

>> VISUAL AND COGNITIVE DISTRACTION.

MANUAL TAKING HANDS OFF THE WHEEL.

THAT COULD BE FOR THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM.

CELL PHONE.

SHAVING.

EATING.

THAT'S TAKING YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL.

OTHER ONE IS VISUAL.

TAKE A OSBORN EYES OFF THE ROAD.

CONVERSATION WITH PASSENGER.

LOOK AT THIS INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM IN MY CAR.

LOOKING AT MY GPS.

NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

LAST IS DOING ANY TIF.

YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE DRIVE.

COGNITIVE.

MAYBE BAD DAY THE A WORK.

ARGUMENT WITH YOUR SPOUSE NOT FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING.

SO INTERESTING PART IS THE CELL PHONE IS THE MOST DEADLY BECAUSE IT INVOLVES ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

>>Yunji: SO INTERESTING.

I THINK SO MANY OF US, WE DRIVE IN A VERY GUEYE GRAPHICALLY LIMITED AREA.

DRIVING SAME ROUTE AGAIN AND AGAIN.

DRIVING TO WORK.

TO SCHOOL.

SAME GROCERY STORE ALWAYS DRIVE TO.

SO FEELS SO ROUTINE KIND OF ZONE OUT.

>> EXACTLY.

>>Yunji: CITY PERSPECTIVE THAT WHAT THE COMMON DENOMINATOR YOU SEE WITH THESE ILINCIDENTS.

>> CITY NUMBERS TICK UP ON THIS ISLAND HIGH RIGHT NOW.

AND DEFINITELY WE DON'T LIKE WHERE THAT'S GOING.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE TAKE EVERY DEATH THAT HAPPEN ON OUR ROADWAY, EVERY OCCASION OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, WE TAKE THAT ALMOST PERSONALLY.

WE'VE HAD DEEP DISCUSSIONSES IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO JUST TRY TO IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSES.

TALKING ABOUT NOW.

TIDISTRACTION.

COMPLETE STREETS ADMINISTRATOR CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT OF.

PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY.

OVER SUBSCRIBED.

WHAT EVERYBODY TRIES TO IS TO MAGICALLY FIT TWO HOURS WORTH OF ACTIVITIES INTO LIKE ONE HOUR.

IF YOU KNOW THE DRIVER GOING TO TAKE 45 MINUTES, GIVE YOURSELF 30 MINUTES DO IT AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU CANNOT CREATE, CANNOT SYNTHESIZE TIME.

PUTTING YOURSELF UNDER PRESSURE COOKER TO PERFORM SOMETHING I IMPOSSIBLE.

THINK ABOUT PROGRAM ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO GET THE THINGS DONE.

EVERYBODY IS BUSY.

KIDS HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

PARENTS HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

EVERYBODY HAS PLACES TO GO.

AND NOBODY HAS ANY SPARE TIME FOR ANY DISRUPTION TO THAT.

I THINK WHEN THAT PRESSURE IS UPON EVERYBODY, THAT IS NOT WHEN EVERYBODY PERFORMS AT THEIR BEST.

>>Yunji: WHAT YOU SAID IS SO WISE.

I THINK THAT WE ALL DO FEEL SO BBUSY FIVE MINUTE DELAY COMPOUNDS THAT LATENESS.

AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN WORK PHONE CALL AND MAYBE SEND A QUICK TEXT OR EMAIL.

SO IT'S SORT OF PRESSURE COOKER THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LARGER SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAN JUST ADDING ANOTHER RED LIGHT CAMERA.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR US.

THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

HOW MUCH TIME TO DO YOU ACTUALLY GIVE YOURSELF TO ARRIVE TO SOMETHING ON TIME?

AND WHY DO WE DISABLE OURSELVES WITH THAT?

BY NEVER GIVING OURSELVES FAIR CHANCE TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

AND THEN BEING REALLY UPSET WHEN WE FAIL AT IT.

AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS.

WHEN YOU ADD ON ALL OF THE OTHER LAYERS OF DISTRACTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT ROUTINENESS OF THE PLACES THAT WE GO, AND THE FACT THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY CLOISTERED IN THEIR VEHICLES.

SITTING VEHICLES, DI DISIEWND YU DON'T HEAR THE SIDE WORLD.

DESIGNED FURTHER DISCONNECTS YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING ON ROADWAYS.

SO MANY THINGS.

WE HAVE ASK OURSELVES QUESTION.

VEHICLES ARE SAFER?

MANY TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT STOP US FROM REAR END CRASH.

LANE DEPARTURES.

>> YET, WHY ARE WE HAVING RISING FATALITIES.

>> >>Yunji: REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

YOU'RE PART OF THE OAHU VISION O ACTION PLAN.

HOW THE DEAGH DEPARTMENT OF HEAH HAS A ROLE.

>> EVERYONE TO THE SHOULDN'T TOO REALLY HAVE EVERYONE TO HAVE THE OPTIMAL HEATHROW.

HAVING ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF THE OF THESOCIAL CONNECTIONS.

TRY MAXIMIZE OUR TIME.

WHAT WE'VE DONE ALSO IS ENGINEERED FISCAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIVING OUT OFF OUR DAY.

THIS WE CAN CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT, SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT, WALK, BIKE, CHOOSE HEALTHY OPTIONS, AND WE CAN TIME FOR THAT.

AND WE WOULD DO THAT, ALSO HAVE EYES AND AWARENESS OF EACH OTHER.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING THOSE ENVIRONMENTS AND REALLY KNOWING PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

AND LIKE ED SAID, EMOTIONALLY AND I AGREE WITH HIM, THERE IS NO ACCEPTANCE OF FATALITY.

NO LOSS OF LIFE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.

AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BUILD OUR ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A MISTAKE AND LOLA IS NOT GOING TO KILL JOHN WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

BECAUSE HE DESIGNED THE STREET AND SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT WILL BE AWARE AND A ALERT.

WATCH OUT OLD LADY WITH THE PINK BACKPACK RIDING BIKI BIKE.

THAT'S ME.

I TELL JOHN THANK YOU.

FOR BUILDING ALSO THE BIKE LANES.

BECAUSE THAT BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY FOR ME.

BECAUSE M MAXIMUM AWARENESS OF THE DRIVER KNOWING I'M THERE.

SLOWING THEM DOWN.

ALSO DIFFERENTIATING THIS LANE IS FOR THE BICYCLISTS.

YOU HAVE THESE LANES.

AND D GIVES ME DEFAULT OPTION I DON'T HAVE TO GET IN A CAR.

THEN ERIC CAN HAVE THE PARKING SPOT.

I'M GOING TO PARK THE BIKI BIKE AND NOT TAKE PARKING LOT SPOT.

WE'RE REALLY INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORTS JUST MAXIMUM OPTIMAL HEALTH FOR KEIKI AND KUPUNA.

IF WE DESIGN IT FOR OUR KEIKI AND KUPUNA, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO ASK YOU, THERE'S A QUESTION FROM DAVE HERE IN MAUI.

IS THERE ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT SPEED BUMPS DECREASE FATALITIES?

>> SIGNIFICANTLY.

ABSOLUTELY SIGNIFICANTLY.

>>Yunji: BEFORE YOU GET INTO THAT, JUST SORT OF WIDER QUESTION.

DEFINITELY WANT TO GET TO ED'S POINT.

TODAY'S POINT.

YOU'VE ADDED BUMP SPEED BUMPS.

RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE HERE.

SPEED CAMERAS ARE I BELIEVE IN TRIAL PHASE.

YOU'VE ADDED ALL OF THESE LAYERS WHAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER.

IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS PAYING OFF.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

264 THROUGHOUT THE STATE RIGHT NOW.

EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT WE HAVE 70% REDUCTION IN SPEED IN THOSE AREAS.

75% REDUCTION IN CRASHES IN THOSE AREAS.

AND 8% CHANCE OF FATALITY.

ALL THE 264 AREAS WE PUT IN THE HU HUMPS ONE PERSON DIED SINCE 2019.

PEOPLE DIE DYING ON THE SYSTEM T WHERE SPEED HUMPS ARE.

SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE.

PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM MEAN THEY'RE WORK CALLS ME TO COMPLAIN SPEED LUMP IN THE AREA, CAN'T GOT THE SPEED THAT Ind WHAT TO, GREAT.

IT'S WORKING FOR ME.

OVERALL, WHAT THESE SPEED HUMPS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE MUST MISTAKES.

PAST SYSTEM IS 100% SAFE.

BUT FOR THE PEOPLE, 55% OF OUR DRIVING DRUNK.

BUT FOR THE 35% EXCESSIVELY SPEEDING.

45 DISTRACT.

STOP DOING TO.

SAFE.

DIDN'T WORK.

FINES DIDN'T WORK.

APPEAL TO HEARTS AN MINDS DIDN'T WORK.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO DRIVE DRUNK.

SPEED AND DISTRACTED.

PEOPLE SOMETHING IN THE WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU WAKE UP OR SLOW DOWN IN THESE AREAS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFLICTS BETWEEN BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

WE HAVE SCHOOLS.

AND ANY TIME STATE CROSSING NEAR A SCHOOL SEE A SPEED HUMP OR RAISED WALK.

AREAS COMMUNITIES CONNECTED TO A LARGE DRIVER LIKE BEACH AIR PARK SEE A RAISED PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK IN THESE AREAS.

WE KNOW PLENTY KIDS AND KUPUNA WALKING ACROSS, YOU'RE GOING GOINGTO SPEED HUMP THERE.

>>Yunji: PERCENTAGE CITED DRINK DRIVERS.

>> PAST 45 TO 55% OF FATALITIES.

CAUSED BY DRUNK DRIVER.

HUGE NUMBERS.

IN THE PAST ALWAYS LOOKED AT OUR FATALITIES ON ROADWAYS AS TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

WE THOUGHT WE HAD A DRUNK DRIVING ISSUE.

WE DON'T.

WE HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE FLOWING INTO THE HIGHWAYS.

THOUGHT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS.

NO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T CARE I IN ENFORCEMENT GOING ON HIGHWAYS.

DISTRACTION HIGHWAYS.

HYPERCONNECTIVITY SOCIETY WIDE.

THAT FLOWS IN T THE HIGHWAYS.

ISSUES IN SOCIETY FLOWING IN THE AREA.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD FOCUS EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD WAYS AND FIX IT WMPLE WE CAN'T.

BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS HELP US OUR APPROACH TO THINGS.

REQUIRING US TO GET DEEPER INTO THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE WE START ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.

ENFORCEMENT ONLY HAS SO MANY OFFICERS OUT THERE.

SO MANY CAMERAS PUT OUT THERE.

STILL AREAS OF SYSTEM THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED BY ENFORCEMENT DIFFERENT AREAS.

TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SEE BEST TO ENFORCEMENT IN THE PAST, THOUGHT LET'S RAISE FINES.

WE'RE IN A SOCIETY PAYING 12 BUCKS FOR SHAKE FOR MCDONALD PPICK IT UP DROP IT OFF AT THEIR HOUSE.

THING IS NOT MONEY.

DRIVING DOWN THERE COMING BACK HOME.

WORK WITH THE JUDICIARY ZI JUN SIGN A IMPACT.

CONTINUECONTINUECONTININSTEAD O.

DRIVERS ED.

SCHOOL EACH SATURDAYS.

MORE THAN 150 BUCKS ON A FINE.

SPEND THEIR TIME IT 12 BUCKS FOR TEN MINUTES FOR A SHAKE START HITTING PEOPLE.

>> COMPLETE STREETS, AT THE CITY WE'VE DONE AND WE GOT PROBABLY A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON MORE THAN WE EXPECTED.

NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS.

ONE OF THEM SLOW DOWN.

OR SPEED HUMP.

YOUR CHOICE.

AND THAT LEADS TO THIS IDEA THAT THERE IS A SEQUENCE OF HOW THINGS WORK.

WE HAVE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

PEOPLE DON'T OBEY IT.

SO WE SEND A LETTER ASKING POLICE TO HELP US ENFORCE THAT.

GO AND DO SPOT ENFORCEMENT.

WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?

TRY TO ENGINEER IMPROVEMENTS SO THE ROADWAY.

AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK, ED HELPED US OUT MANY PLACES.

ED IS LIKE MY SAFETY WARRIOR.

WE ALL SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE I THINK ARE WARRIORS FOR SAFETY.

BUT THERE'S THAT STEP OF IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, I MEAN I HATE SAYING IT, WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT FOR YOU.

>>Yunji: SPEED HUMPS MAYBE THE WAY.

ENFORCEMENT COULD BE ANOTHER TOOL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE EFFICACY OFTEN FORCE.

HPD IS NOT AT FULL CAPACITY COMES TO NUMBER OF OFFICERS.

GIVEN STAFFING CHALLENGES.

HOW MUCH ENFORCEMENT ARE YOU ABLE TO DO, HINDERED YOU BY THAT?

HOW MUCH MORE ENFORCEMENT NEED TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR WHAT ED IS TALKING ABOUT OR DO WE NEED TO SEND EVERYBODY'S DRIVER HE IS HE HAD.

>> I LOVE THE DRIVERS ED.

IDEA.

TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS.

FROM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY LONG CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH BOTH GENTLEMEN DISCUSSED, DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO CURB THIS ISSUE.

EVERYTHING FROM SPEED HUMPS AROUND SCHOOLS.

TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT WHERE IT'S VIRTUAL.

TALKING ABOUT DESIGN AND EVERYTHING.

PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE ENGINEERING IS SOUND.

IDEA THAT THEY HAVE BEHIND IT EXCELLENT.

BUT IT'S MATTER OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH PERSON.

DRIVING OR BIKING OR WALKING.

FOR THE ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT, STA STAFF DOES PLAY A PART.

I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS FOR EVERY STREET ON ISLAND.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT DOES WORK.

TAKE FOR INSTANCE EARLIER IN THE IT C YEAR.

FEBRUARY, MARCH SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN DEATHS ALONG NIMITZ, ALA MOANA AREA.

DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.

WE ACTUALLY MOVED ALL OF MY NIGHT TIME ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TO THERE.

SOLO BIKE RESOURCES TO THERE.

WE JUST HAMMERED THAT AREA WITH, IS IT WANT TO GIVE TICKETS.

EDUCATION.

SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

REMREMIND THEM PEDESTRIANS.

RESIDENTIALLY CHALLENGED HAVE I THAT IS MIGHT BE CROSSING IN AREAS WHERE YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING HELM ETHICS EXPECT THEM.

SLOW DOWN PAY ATTENTION FOCUS ON ROADS.

18 OPERATIONS OVER 900 CITATIONS OTHER 300 WARNING AND 11 ARRESTS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT 8 OF THEM FOR IMPAIRED DRIVERS BROAD DAYLIGHT.

THIS IS NOT NIGHT TIME.

NOT LATE NIGHT AFTER THE CLUB.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.

WE'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE DRIVING NEXT IT TO US DRIVING PAST US PEDESTRIAN WAITING ON CORNER, DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT THEY'RE IMPAIRED YOUR LIFE IS AT RISK BECAUSE THEY'RE MAKING VERY BAD CHOICES.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT JUST HAVING AN OFFICER THERE, DOES HELP.

I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

LIGHT ON THE CAR PULL UP INDIVIDUAL.

SEAT BELT GOES ON.

PHONE GOES AWAY.

SLOW DOWN.

TERRIFIC.

WHY DOES IT TAKE ME OR ONE OF MY OFFICER TO SHOW YOU DOWN?

TAKE ONE OF US TO PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY.

PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON?

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS OLD NEWS.

WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR DECADES.

THREE THINGS IMPAIRMENT, SPEED, AND DISTRACTION.

WE ALWAYS SAY, WEAR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICES.

WEAR A HELMET SAFES LIVES.

PEOPLE STILL DO THE APP OPPOSITE.

SEE US STOPS.

PUT OFFICER ON EVERY CORNER HAPPEN TO DO SO EVERY DAY 24-7.

>>Yunji: LOOKING AT THE THESE FATALITIES, ARE THEY PRIMARILY PEDESTRIANS, PRIMARILY DRIVERS OR PASSENGERS, WHAT IS THE BREAK DOWN?

WHO IS GETTING THE MOST HURT?

>> SADLY, WE HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST NUMBERS IN PEDESTRIANS.

THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE 16 ALREADY.

AND THAT IS SAD.

AND IN OUR BEST YEAR, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, TEN PEDESTRIANS.

THAT'S TEN PEOPLE.

WE'RE SITTING HERE SAYING THAT'S A GOOD YEAR.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE.

FAMILY, FRIENDS COWORKERS ASSOCIATES THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE WITH US, IN THE NEXT HOLIDAY SEASON.

NOT GOING TO BE WITH US NEXT EVENT.

WE GOT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE.

CHANGE THE MINDSET.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE SHIFT IT.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT ED ALWAYS THINKS OUT OF THE BOX.

I LOVE THE FIRST THING AT PALI HIGHWAY.

HAD A FATALITY.

INDIVIDUAL TWO CARS STOPPED ON PALI HIGHWAY.

BUT THE THIRD LANE WAS OPEN.

ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

THIRD VEHICLE, OH, I DON'T O KNOW WHY THEY'RE STOPPING GOING TO CONTINUE GOING.

RIGHT AROUND KILLS PEDESTRIAN.

WE WERE THERE.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, PUTS IN SPEED HUMPS I DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY.

I HATE SPEED HUMPS.

HOWEVER, I KNOW IT SAFES LIVES.

YOU KNOW IT'S WORKING EVERYBODY SLOWS DOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE FATALITIES ON THOSE SPEED HUMPS IT WORKS.

IT'S SACRIFICE I'M WILLING TO MAKE.

IF I KNOW IT'S GOING TO SAVE LIVES.

HE'S THINKING OUT OF THE BOX.

BEST PART BRINGING IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PSYCHOLOGY GOING ON HERE?

WHAT CAN WE DO TO SHIFT BEHAVIOR?

P WHAT CAN WE DO TO SHIFT MINDSET?

BECAUSE HONESTLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ADVOCATES, WEREN'T ADVOCATES UNTIL THEY LOST SOMEBODY.

FOR US, IN TRAFFIC DIVISION, WE'RE ADVOCATES BECAUSE WE SEE THE DEVASTATION.

WE SEE DEATHS WAS THE SEE THE FAMILIES.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

>>Yunji: TO YOUR POINT, ERIC IN KAILUA SAYS, HAVE WE BECOME SO IMMUNE TO REPORTS OF INCREASED TRAFFIC FATALITIES ON OUR ROADS, THESE STEPS DON'T RESONATE IN THE COMMUNITY?

HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT?

I LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

>> FIRST OF ALL, RESOUNDING YES.

RESOUNDING YES.

SO LAST YEAR, I THINK WE HAD 52 FATALITIES.

54.

SO BASICALLY, ONE PERSON A WEEK.

IN THE YEAR.

YOU LOOK AT IF P WE HAD 54 ANY OTHER KIND OF DEATH IN ANY OTHER KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCE, THAT'S TOO MANY.

WE JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND MAYBE WE THINK, LET'S IT WILL GET BETTER.

FACT IS EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THEIR EFFORTS.

TO PAY ATTENTION.

AND CASCADING CONSEQUENCES.

IF PEOPLE CANNOT WAIT AT AN TRACK SIGNAL PICKING UP THEIR PHONE AND SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

RESULTS IN MAYBE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, THEY DON'T GO.

PERSON IN THE BACK AGAIN, NEVER BEEN HONKING TOWN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO DIE ON THIS HILL.

BUT PEOPLE MORNING ALL THE TIME NOW.

HONK ALL THE TIME NOW.

DON'T HONK WHAT'S UP?

HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

WE HONK TO SAY, HEY, PAY ATTENTION.

I DON'T WANT US TO TURN INTO HONKING TOWN.

THEN IT STARTS ESCALATE THEIR FEELING OF ROAD RAGE.

EVERYBODY GOES, PERSON IN THE BACK FEELS JUSTIFIED TO FLOOR IT AND DO MAYBE DO SOMETHING.

TO SHOW THE PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM THIS THAT THEY WERE WRONG.

THERE'S NO WINNERS IN ANY OF THIS.

TO GET LIKE ALL, HIGH E'O HYPED UP INSOMETHING.

ANGRY.

LEAD TO BAD DECISIONS TRAFFIC OUTCOMES TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.

WHAT WE STARTS TO THE LOOK AT IT.

DON'T LOOK AT IT AS CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS.

IT'S VIOLENCE ON OUR ROADWAY.

APATHY IS NOT JUST HAWAII THING.

AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HIGH THIS YEAR, WE'RE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN THE NATION.

42,000 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR AND WE JUST POO PO IT AWAY.

142 FATALITIES IN HAWAII JUST HAPPENS UNTIL IT HAPPEN TO YOU OR YOUR FAMILY.

FOR US ALL OF THOSE ON THIS TABLE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE FAMILY.

SEE TOO MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THIS SURVIVED CRASH.

WHO JUST DESTROYED.

>> NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THEM.

LOVE TO SEE THIS STOP.

DIFFICULTY IS DON'T DO AS MUCH A WE CAN.

CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE.

CANNOT BE SPEED BUMPS.

INFRASTRUCTURE EVERYWHERE.

EVERYBODY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD NOT RIGHT WAY TOMORROW.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO YOU THINK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ROLE?

SPEED HUMPS TRAFFIC PLANNING ENFORCE THE.

WHERE IS DO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

>> DIVISION ZERO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC THINK IN TERMS OF COULD BE MY MOM.

COULD BE MY COUSIN'S.. COULD BE MY AUNTY.

COUSIN'S DAUGHTER.

WALKING HER DOG.

TO MAKE THAT PERSONAL AND ALSO, MAKE SOCIETAL.

TO SHARE THE ROAD.

SO WE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHEN THOSE COMPLETE STREETS DESIGNS COME TO YOUR ROAD, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GO AND PARTICIPATE.

BE PART OF THE CHANGE.

AND SHARE THE ROAD.

I LIVED IN MAUI.

AND I USED TO WALK THE KIDS TO THE SCHOOL.

NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

AND NO SIDEWALKS.

WHEN YOU PUSH A BABY IN THE STROLLER AND NO SIDEWALKS, AND IT'S A CAR ORIENTED ROAD, IT'S AWFUL TO KNOW THAT MY CHILD WILL BE HIT BEFORE ME.

AND SO SOMETIMES GET IN THE CAR.

JUST BECAUSE I WAS SO AFRAID.

SO ED GOT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM UNDER HIM AND SO WE NEED TO REALLY RETHINK AND ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES.

WE HAVE TO THINK THIS IS FOR OUR KEIKI.

THIS IS OWE MAKE IT SO WE CAN HAVE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS WHAT MY PUBLIC HEALTH IS INVOLVED.

BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO LIVE LONG EXTENDED YEARS OF LIFE.

FREE FROM DISEASE, AND YOU START TWINKLE IN SOMEBODY'S EYE.

HOPEFULLY DIE WITH A TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE.

NOT FATAL CRASH.

I THINK THE REASON, WELL I KNOW THE REASON WHY INVOLVED BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO EMBRACE THAT CHANGE.

SO THAT IS WHY WE'VE GOT THE VISION ZERO CAMPAIGN GOING ON.

>>Yunji: NANCY FROM WAIKIKI, LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE THIS, JOHN TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING FRUSTRATED.

CONSCAR IN FRONT NOT GOING.

HONK.

DECIDE OKAY TO FISHTAIL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

SAYS NANCY SAYS HAVE THERE BEEN IN STUDIES POINTS TO ANGER ISSUES ROAD RANGE.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE BEHAVIOR DRIVERS AT ATTITUDE TO DRIVERS MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS.

>>Testifier: GOOD NANCY.

SO FOR ME, I DO AGREE 100 THAT WE HAVE SEEN A WHOLE LOT MORE NG ANGER ON ROADWAYS A LOT, LESS PATIENCER ARE.

GROWING UP BIG ISLAND,, NEVER HAD THAT KIND OF STUFF.

EVERYBODY THREW SHAKAS.

EVERYBODY TOOK TIME.

EVERYBODY KNEW EACH OTHER.

AND IF YOU IMPATIENT, YEAR GOING TO GET IT EITHER FROM MOM AND DAD OR AUNTY UNCLE OR SOMEBODY.

LIKE IT'S TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY KNEW EACH OTHER TOOK OUR TIME M GOT WHERE AW WE WANTD TO GO.

NEVER SEE FIGHTS OVER DRIVING.

SEE IT ALL THE TIME NOW.

REALLY PUSHED OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BECAUSE IT'S CLICK BAIT SAD PART IS THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO ON OUR ROADWAYS IT COMES DOWN TO JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON DESONCY.

A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE.

DECENCY.

SHOW SOME ALOHA AND LIKE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH, ALOHA IS NOT S ONLY JUST THROWING UP SHAKA.

HAVING A LITTLE GRACE OUT THERE DRIVING.

UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMEBODY IN A RUSH.

SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO.

PREDICTABLE.

USE YOUR TURN SIGNALS.

SLOW DOWN.

LEAVE SOME SPACE BETWEEN AND VEHICLE IN FRONT.

LEARN ABOUT DEFENSIVE DRIVING.

LEARN ABOUT JUST BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT.

USE BREATHING TECHNIQUES.

USE THINGS TO CALM YOURSELF DOWN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN DO TO JUST BRING THE BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

NOT GET SO UPSET.

NOT GET SO IRATE.

BECAUSE HE ALL HAVE TO SHARE THE ROAD.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES SOMEBODY WALKING AND THEY'RE WALKING TOO SLOW AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING UPSET.

IT'S OKAY.

THOSE COUPLE SECONDS THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, IT MEANS ALL THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE LETTING THIS PERSON MAKE IT HOME TO THEIR FAMILY TONIGHT.

>> THERE SHOULD NEVER BEES A REASON FOR ANYBODY ON THE ROADWAY WHETHER YOU'RE IN A CAR, OR ON A BIKE, OR PEDESTRIAN, TO TEACH SOMEBODY A LESSON.

WE'RE SO WE'VE VENTURED INTO THAT.

SUPER-TRANSACTION.

SOMEBODY PUMP ME PUNCH ME.

I PUNCH THEM BACK.

SOMEBODY WRONGS THEM NOT ENOUGH TO SHAKE IT OFF.

MAJOR WAS SAYING.

IT'S GOT TO SHOW THEM.

THAT IS PIVOT THAT I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HOW YOU GROUP AND HOW -- GREW UP AND VILLAGE THE COMMUNITY.

WAS RESPONSIBLE.

TO PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE IF YOU DID SOMETHING.

MAYBE THAT IS NOT ENOUGH NOW.

MAYBE WE DON'T ENOUGH OF THAT NOW.

BUT NOBODY LIKES TO BE CALLED OUT.

WHAT CAUSES CONFLICT.

WHAT CAUSES ANGER.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE NOT EVEN IF YOU'RE VILLAGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT TAKING ENOUGH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND LIKE ED THREW OUT A NUMBER, EARLIER, ABOUT WHAT DID YOU SAY?

102?

>> FATALITIES.

>> IN A YEAR.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, SAYING EARLIER ABOUT HOW 102 OF ANYTHING IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

IF 102 PEOPLE, HAD A PLANE CRASH OR SOMETHING, EVERY YEAR, 102 PEOPLE PERISH.

WE WOULD HAVE LONG TIME AGO FIGURED OUT WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE.

GET TO THIS?

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.

>> THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE SAYING NONE OF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE.

NEED TO CALL ON EVERYBODY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES.

>>Yunji: IT IS TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THERE IS ALSO AN O&M I AMTY DRIVING ANONYMITY DRIVING.

KEYBOARDS SOCIAL MEDIA.

WRITE THINGS NEVER SAY TO YOURSELF.

BEHAVIOR IN TRAFFIC MAY NOT BEHAVE STANDING NEXT TO IN LINE IN THE GROCERY STORE ARE.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, I SEE TRAFFIC SIGNS SAY SLOW DOWN DON'T DRINK AT DRIVER.

REMEMBER THIS PERSON.

REMEMBER THAT PERSON.

TELL US ABOUT THAT CAMPAIGN AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO TAKE THAT STANCE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, VERY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO GET THROUGH THE LOSS OF LOVED ONE.

GIVE A LOT CREDIT TO FAMILIES WOULD BECOME STRONG ADVOCATES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AFTER THEY LOSE THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE.

IN THEIR LIVES.

KALALA WARNER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JUST GRADUATED READY TO GO INTO COLLEGE.

KILLED BY A PERSON GOING 97 HERP MILES PER HOUR HIGH.

HIT AND KILLED.

FATHER WENT OUT THERE, SAW THE CRASH OCCUR, WENT OUT THERE, ON THE STREET, TOLD THE STORY TO LEGISLATURE.

MAKE SURE BILL WAS PASSED.

THAT HE WAS JUST HAPPY THAT HE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THERE IN TIME SO HIS SON COULD DIE IN HIS ARMS.

THAT IS STORY MOVED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ENSURE THAT KAULANA LAW WENT THROUGH.

UNDERSTAND THAT STORY.

UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL IT WOULD BE FOR PERSON TO SEE THEIR SON, PERSON RAISED ALL THEIR LIVES DIE IN THEIR ARMS.

BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

>> UNCLE EDDIE.

COMES OUT EVERY TIME.

KAULANA DAD COMES OUT FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE.

SAFETY WARRIOR.

SAME WITH SHON DA PARK, DAUGHTER WAS C KILLED.

INSTEAD OF WALLOWING MISSESRY STARTED BUSINESS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GO OUT ON A DRINK VETERANS DRINK.WHATEVER.

PICK YOU UP.

BRING A PERSON TO GET YOUR CAR.

NO WORRY ABOUT LEAVING YOUR CAR BEHIND AT SOME ESTABLISHMENT.

TAKE YOU BOTH HOME.

NO WORRYING NO EXCUSE.

AMAZING TYPES OF THINGS.

MAKE SURE WE HONOR THE FATALITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM.

PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT PERSON.

NOT JUST A NUMBER.

NOT JUST STATISTIC.

THIS WAS A PERSON OF LOVED BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT WE LOST.

>>Yunji: WOW.

VERY MOVING.

INTERESTED IN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, TALKED ABOUT THAT YOUR OFFICERS ONES CAN RESPOND AND SEE ALL OF THIS.

MUST TAKE A TOLL ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> 100%.

VAC HOMICIDE SECTION DIFFICULT JOBS GOT SCENE.

HAVE TO, BASICALLY TAKE EMOTION OUT OF IT AND GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT THE SI SCIENCE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE SPHROIRS VOICE FORPEOPLE DON'T HAVE A VO.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HOW DID IT HAPPEN?

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVIDENCE IS SOUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS JUSTICE.

THERE'S PROSECUTION.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH JUSTICE, PROSECUTION, YOU CAN'T BRING THEM BACK.

SO FOR US, IT'S HARD.

BECAUSE THIS IS IN YOUR MIND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THINGS YOU'VE SEEN.

PARK I WAS THERE.

DISCAL YEAH.

DIFFICULT MOMENTS BUT OFFICERS IT DOES TAKE A TOLL.

A DISCAL YEAH.

AZALIA WEARS ON YOU OTHER OVER.

>>Yunji: QUESTIONS I WANT TO GET TO.

ONE FROM TONY IF EWA.

ALL THEY'RE DOING TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN DOESN'T SEEM BEING WORKING.

RESTRICTIONS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION I IM IMPENDING CAUG FRUSTRATION.

>> AROUND THE NATION, 22009, OUR ANXIETY ALL WENT UP.

JUST HAPPENS THAT WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA START.

ANXIETIES WENT UP.

PATIENCE WENT DOWN.

WE ARE GETTING ON TO THE ROADWAY.

WITH A LACK OF PATIENCE AND HIGH ANXIETY.

MEANS A LOT SHORTER T TELL TELL PURRSON THE ROADWAY.

PLA CHEESE MASON HO CHALLENGE EACH OTHER.

MACHISMO.

SEE ONE PERSON BLOW BY YOU 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TWO MORE.

SHOW HOW FAST THEY CAN GO.

OCCURRING OUT THERE.

NOTHING I WOULD RATHER DO THAN STOP PUTTING IN THESE SPEED HUMPS.

STOP PUTTING IN RED LIGHT AND SPEED SAB CAMS I DON'T NEED THE.

WE AS SOCIETY NEED THEM.

NOTHING ELSE TO DO TO ENSURE STOP PEOPLE FROM DYING.

ZERO FATALITIES FOR THE NEXT 25 DAYS, TAKE THEM ALL OUT WE DON'T NEED THEM.

SHOW SOCIETY WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE RIGHT WAY.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WHEN I SEE THESE TYPES OF NUMBERS GOING ON.

AGAIN, THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE DYINGMENT SPEED CAMPS RED LIREDLIGHT CAMS RAISED CROSSWALS NOBODY IS DYING THERE.

IS THE ANSWER PUTTING IN MORE?

DIDN'T HAVE THEM IN HAVE 150 FATALITIES IN RATHER THAN 74?

I DON'T KNOW.

NOT GOING TO CHANCE IT.

>>Yunji: QUESTION HERE.

I LOVE FOR YOU AT THAT TAKE THIS ONE.

FROM JUST CONTINUE.

>>Jason: LIVE IN MCCULLY TRAFFIC SI SICK SI CIRCLE.

SHAVE ICE.

MADE INTERSECTION SAFER.

CITY PROJECTS STATE PROJECTS WHICH NOT SURE PUT THAT THAT PARTICULAR CIRCLE CAN A COMMUNITY COME TO THE ST CITY CENTER 'OI OR STATE.

PUT IN A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

SPEED HUMPS WE WANT TO.

>> WE LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO US TELL US.

THEY LIVE THERE SEE EVERY DAY THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF US PEOPLE LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOW OR EXPERIENCING THINGS THAT THEY GO UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

WALKING BIKING OR DRIVING.

WHAT WE ASK FOR THEM TO DO IS TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

IF IT'S SPEEDING, TELL US THERE'S SPEEDING.

WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, WE COULD DO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.

WE CAN DO EDGE OF PAYMENT MARKERS.

DID DINNER PAVEMENT MARK,.

TRAFFIC CIRCLE ENOUGH ROOM WARM-UPROOM RAISED CROSSWALK.

SPEED HUMP.

BIG TOOLKIT.

QUICK BUILD WHAT WE DID MCCULLY.

NOTHING THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SATISFACTION THERE BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU DO SOMETHING NEW, PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME ADJUSTING TO CHANGE.

>>Yunji: TRAFFIC CIRCUMSTCIRCLES ARENOT COMMON H. PROBLEM TRAFFIC CIRCLE KNOWS KNOWS HOW TO USE IT.

HAD 100 MORE, THEN IT'S INCUMBENT ON PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT.

DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT AND DRIVING ON THE ROAD, YOU BETTER LEARN.

IT'S NOT SUNSHINE NEEDS TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

WE WILL TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN HOW THESE WORK.

NOT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL YOU.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY I LOVE TO HEAR WHOLE CONVERSATION CHANGED.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS ROLE FOR ABOUT SINCE 2016.

AND WHEN WE STARTED DOING CURB EXTENSIONS, BULB OUT CERTAIN PLACES LIKE CHINATOWN OR FIRST SPEED HUMPS CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, EVERYBODY LOST THEIR MIND.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

NOW, WE HEAR MORE EVERYBODY SPEEDING.

WE NEED SPEED HUMPS.

HERE'S THE THING.

WE CAN'T PUT SPEED HUMP EVERYWHERE.

SOME STAND DARDZ WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF ENGINEERING CAN'T PUT THEM ON HILLS.

CERTAIN SLOPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE LOVE TO HEAR, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS FIRSTHAND WHAT DO THEY SEE.

WHAT DO THEY EXPERIENCE.

AND WE CAN COME INTO THE EXTENT WE CAN GIVEN SPACE ON THE ROADWAY, GIVEN SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS, WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOT FOCUS WHAT WE CAN'T DO.

FOCUS WHAT WE CAN.

SOMETIMES HARD, DON'T HAVE MUCH H LATITUDE TO THINGS.

LOOK AT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DO.

TRANSFORMED I THINK LIKE VILLAGE PARK GOOD ONE.

WE HAD WIDE STREETS.

HILLS.

WE HAD PEOPLE SPEEDING.

WE HAD A THE LOT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES.

BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HE WILL ENGLAND FLOOR AND PUT IN -- ENGINEER AND PUT IN TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND SPEED HUMPS RAISED CROSSWALKS AND THEY FIT INTO THE CONTEXT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

VERY WELL.

CONSTRUCTION IS EXPENSIVE WE CAN DO THESE QUICK BUILDS THAT LEAD INTO GRADUATED FORM OF PERMANENT SOLUTION.

>>Yunji: OTHER QUESTION HERE TIMOTHY.

TAKE THIS ONE.

WHY AREN'T WE AGGRESSIVELY INCENTIVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO EMBRACE BUSSES BICYCLE, OR COUCH.

RETURNING TO GRIDLOCK.

INTURNININITIATIVE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ALTERNATIVE, HE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

AND BIKI BIKES.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TELEWORK OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DO HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES.

I THINK PEOPLE HAVE TO RETHINK THEIR TRANSPORTATION.

SO YES, WHERE WORK ON IT.

WE ARE WORKING ON AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO INTEGRATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO THEIR DAY.

SO ONLY ABOUT A FOURTH OF ADULTS GET ENOUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

ONLY ABOUT A FOURTH LESS THAN A FOURTH OF OUR TEENS GET ENOUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

AND OF COURSE, OBESITY CONTINUES TO RISE.

AND SO DIABETES AND PREDIABETES.

MOST OF OUR ADULTS IN HAWAII HAVE HYPERTENSION.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT DISCONNECTEDNESS, IN THE ANGER BEHIND THE WHEEL, YEAH, IF WE WOULD JUST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND CONNECTED TO PEOPLE, WALK IF THEY CAN, BIKE IF THEY CAN, IT BE WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM MENTALLY AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY.

SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING IT.

AND KEEP WORKING ON IT.

POLICY PIECE.

SO.

>>Yunji: THERE'S A QUESTION FROM CHRIS IN KAILUA.

I WANT TO BRIEFLY GIVE YOU THIS ONE.

THEN I HAVE ONE FOR YOU MAJOR.

I'M BICYCLE RIDER AND FIND THAT EVERY TIMITE I'M OUT BIKE LANE, VERY UNSAFE.

STOP AND WALK MY BIKE PEOPLE IN CARS RED LIGHTS ARE SOMETIMES YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD.

WORSE LAST FEW YEARS.

YOU YOURSELF RIDE A BICYCLE.

DO YOU FEEL SAFE OUT THERE?

, AS A BICYCLIST WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES.

SOUNDS LIKE CHRIS IS VERY WELL INFORMED WHEN I DON'T FEEL SAFE I DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I ROAD A BIKE HERE TODAY.

AND PART OF THAT FINDING ROUTE SUITABLE FOR ME TO GET HERE AND IT'S EXPERIENCE OVER TIME MUCH BUT WITH OUR COMPLETE STREETS PHILOSOPHY, ANY TIME WE TOUCH A ROADWAY, CONSIDER WHAT WE DID DO TO MAKE IT EQUITABLE ACROSS A LA MODES WHETHER YOU'RE PEDESTRIAN BIKE.

CAR, BUS TRUCK.

A LARGE TRUCK.

AND THAT IS CITY ORDINANCE.

THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.

SO THINGS GET BETTER OVER TIME.

TOUCH ROADWAYS, I THINK SOME WILL CELEBRATE.

BIKE LANES AND BETTER WALKING PATHS.

NOT JUST BIKE LANES IT'S BETTER USE OF OUR ROADWAYS.

AND SOME WILL CURSE IT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LEAN ON LOALA AND HER TEAM TO HELP US ADVOCATE FOR THESE THINGS AND BETTER STREETS, MAKE FOR BETTER ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL.

>>Yunji: THERE'S A QUESTION FROM DR. SCOTT IN KAIMUKI.

WE ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED IN THE FATALITIES YOU HAVE SENSE OF THE AGE AND TIME OF THE INCIDENT?

WHEN IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, WHEN THE MOST DANGEROUS AND WHEN WHO IS MOST IN DANGER?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

TIMES FLUCTUATE.

IT'S SAD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO USE THIS TERM, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE.

BUT IT'S LIKE WAC A MOLLER FOR R YOU.

TRYING TO FIND PATTERN WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

BUT WE CAN'T FIND PATTERN IN THE TIMES.

BUT I DO KNOW, WE DO A DEEP DIVE INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF FATAL AND CRITICAL COLLISIONS EVEN LOOK BEYOND THAT INTO SERIOUS COLLISIONS THAT JUST INVOLVE SOME BAD INJURIES.

MAYBE YOU DIDN'T QUITE REACH THAT CRITICAL STAGE.

BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO.

FOR THE PEDESTRIANS, I DO REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTIALLY CHALLENGED INDIVIDUALS THAT DID HAVE HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

O SOME OF THOSE ARE ONGOING.

WAIT FOR TOXICOLOGY RESULTS TO COME BACK.

HANDFUL OF SADLY OF ELDERLY PEDESTRIANS AND IN THOSE, A LOT OF THEM WERE USING MARKED CROSSWALKS.

BUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE VISIBLE AT THAT TIME, EARLY MORNING HOURS, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE MORE, DAWN OR DUSK, LIKE I SAID, WE USE THAT DATA TO KIND OF DRIVE OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS FOR TRAFFIC DIVISION.

DID A GOOD JOB CORRIDOR NIMITZ AND ALA MOANA WITH ALL THE STATS.

REALLY GREAT STATS.

BUT FATALITIES POPPED UP.

OUT EAST.

OR POP OUT OUT WEST.

AND WE MOVE OUR RESOURCES OUT THERE AND WE'RE FIGHTING GOOD FIGHT AND THEN IT POPS UP IN KANEOHE.

POPS UP IN NORTH SHORE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATS, OR NOT THE IS IS STATS BUT ALL DETAILS TRY TO FIND A PAT ERIN N SOMETHING HELP US PREDICT WHERE TO PUT OUR ENFORCE MANY THE.

DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT VARIES GREATLY TIMES.

PUT OUR ENFORCEMENT.

PEDESTRIANS KEY IS ONE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, USING MARKED CROSSWALK AT AN TRACK SIGNAL.

IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU TREMENDOUSLY.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT CROSSWALK, AND CROSSING, I UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT I KEEP LOOKING BOTH WAYS, CONTINUE TO LOOK.

CAUGHT MY KIDS THIS YOUNG AGE.

TAUGHT MY KIDS DO IT TO THIS DAY.

GOES BACK TO THAT PALI HIGHWAY CRASH.

TWO VEHICLES STOPPED FOR YOU.

YOU THOUGHT, TYPICAL PEDESTRIAN WOULD THINK I'M GOOD.

THE TRAFFIC IS STOPPING FOR ME.

IT'S SAFE.

AND THEN THEY KEPT WALKING.

THINKING THAT THEY WERE SAFE.

WEREN'T.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU LOOK LEFT, LOOK RIGHT, LOOK LEFT AGAIN, ENTER THE CROSSWALK, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE CROSSWALK, CONTINUE TO LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT.

MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS NO HAZARDS COMING.

TRY TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER.

THROW UP A LITTLE SHAKA.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME GO.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

WEAR BRIGHT REFLECTIVE CLOTHING THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BE MORE DEFENSIVE WALKING.

IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD PRACTICE.

>>Yunji: BRING YOU INTO THIS REALLY BRIEFLY.

INTERESTING WHAT THE MAJOR SAYING BECAUSE WE TALK FOCUSING SO MUCH ON DRIVERS TONIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND HOW TO MAKE PEDESTRIANS WALK MORE SAFELY IF YOU WILL.

OR BE MORE AWARE.

YOU SEE SOMEONE WALK READING THEIR PHONE.

>> AGREE.

FATALITIES ARE NOT ALL EQUAL.

FATALITY THAT STARTED OFF THIS YEAR, WAS A PEDESTRIAN BENGD DOWN MIDDLE OF THE STREET SETTING OFF A FIREWORK GOT KILLED, TO ET CETERA ARE TYPE T. TWO PEDESTRIANS LYING DOWN NOT ROAD KILLED WALK ON H-2.

SOME PLACE DRIVERS WOULDN'T EVEN INSPECT THEM TO BE.

WE EXPECT THEM TO BE.

DRIVERS PEDESTRIANS BOYCOTS BICS RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES WE HAVE TO BE.

LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, DRIVERS YOU BE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE AND EVERYBODY IS OKAY.

NOT CASE.

NOT GOING TO WORK.

ALL GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

CROSSING R RIGHT AREAS.

IF THIS VEHICLE STREET ROADWAYS LETS ME PASS I'M NOT GOING PASS THIS VEHICLE UNLESS I KNOW THE NEXT ONE KNOWS I'M THERE TOO.

BE AWARE OF THAT.

MAKE SURE TRAIN ALL OUR KIDS DOES SO.

DIFFICULTY.

>> MAYBE SOMETHING TOO, MAJOR WAS SAYING, AGAIN, CULL U CULTURALLY, DON'T LIKE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT DON'T HAVE TO.

I'M A PEDESTRIAN, CROSSING, I I DON'T WANT TO LIKE HAVE THIS LOOK LIKE I'M STARING DOWN THE PERSON THAT IS LETTING ME CROSS OR THE PERSON THAT IS WAITING FOR ME TO CROSS.

>>Yunji: FEELS TOO CONFRONTATION AJ.

>> KIND OF DOES.

THAT SHAKA UP.

WORKS EVERY TIME I GET A SMILE EVERY TIME.

CROSSING THROW UP THE SHAKA PERSON SMILES.

DRIVING SOMEONE SHAKAS RIGHT ON THE SHAKA BACK.

I'M HAPPY.

WORKING TOGETHER HERE.

>> WHY WE ALLOWED OUR BUSSES TO MAKE A SHAKA ON THE BACK.

THAT KIND OF PERVASIVE ALOHA, CALL IT, THAT IS THE CURRENCY WE HAVE HERE.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK IT WORKS IN PLACES LIKE JAPAN OR SWEDEN, SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES HAVE ADOPTED COMPLETE STREETS VISION ZERO AND SOME NEVER LOST THAT SHARED ROAD.

>> LOOK AT THE CULTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIETY.

BUILD AROUND BIKES FIRST.

VEHICLES CAME IN AFTER.

SET TO WIN THE WAR INFRASTRUCTURE.

CARS CAME IN.

SOLD AMERICAN DREAM FREEDOM.

WE IN THE NATION ARE LOCKED NO OUR FREEDOM WITH OUR VEHICLES.

OUR ROADWAYS, EVERYTHING WAS SET UP FOR CARS.

WE ARE TRYING TO ADJUST WHOLE SYSTEM BACK TO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN.

DIFFICULTY.

LOOKING AT RIGHTS OF WAY.

USES MAKE SCH MAKE SURE WE CAN .

IN GENERAL TAKE A WHILE.

NOT ONLY ROADWAY SET UP FOR THAT ALL OF OUR PLANNING SET UP FOR IT.

GENERAL PLANS, WHERE EVERYBODY LIVERS GOT 75, TO 80% OF OUR JOBS ONE AREA AND BEDROOM COMMUNITY EVERY PLACE ELSE.

NOT ONLY GUARANTEED TRAFFIC, GUARANTEED DRIVING.

VERY DIFFICULT FOR PERSON TO KANEOHE TO SEE, DROP KID EVERY DAY AND COME BACK HOME EVERY DAY ON THE BUS.

TO PICK THEM UPTAKE THEM TO PRACTICE.

DOESN'T WORK.

UNLESS WE ADJUST LAND USE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GOOD VIEIRA AND OPPORTUNITY WITHIN REACH, GOOD SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITY.

BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN.

WORK AND PLAY DIFFICULT DO TELL EVERYBODY GET OUT OF CARS.

WHERE WE'RE STARTING MAKE SURE WE START THERE AND MOVE FORWARD.

FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT MEANS, ADJUSTMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.

DON'T COMMENT STATE AND COUNTY FIX YOUR PROBLEMS TOMORROW.

STOP KILLING PEOPLE TOMORROW.

WE CAN DO THAT MAKING DECISIONS TO DRIVE T THE RIGHT WAY.

DOME DRDON'T DRIVE AND DRIVE.

GIVEN YOURSELF TIME TO GET TO LOCATION.

BE PATIENT IN TRAFFIC.

>>ER VEHICLE KILLER YOU HAVE IF YOU'RE RUSHING.

>> SAY AWE PERSON AROUND THE STREET WALKING GUN AROUND WE WOULD REACT IMMEDIATELY.

WE SEE PEOPLE CUTTING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, EVERY DAY, THAT'S A WIP ON.

JUST A THING.

WEAPON P H WE LET IT GO.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD,.

>>Yunji: WHY HAVEN'T WE BROUGHT BACK VAN CAMS TAKING SO LONG TO INSTALL TRAFFIC CAMERAS BUSY INTERSECTIONS.

>> EVERYTHING REQUIRES LEGISLATIVE MANDATE.

SINCE THE VAN CAMS, WERE OUTLAWED, THE LEGISLATURE TOOK THAT AUTHORITY AWAY FROM US AND POLICE.

WE GOT IT BACK AGAIN.

TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PUT IN SPEED SABRINA CALMA.

HAVE THEM IN PLACE.

SPEED KAMS.

AMOUNT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TICKET CITATIONMENT AVERAGING ABOUT 30,000 A MONTH.

>>Yunji: 30,000.

>> IN THE WARNING PERIOD.

THERE'S NO WAY JUDICIARY CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT AUTOMAT SYSTEM.

WORKING DIRECTORY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN AUTOMATE EVERYTHING FOR THEM.

LAST THING I WANT TO BOG DOWN THE COURTS ALL OF THESE COMING THROUGH.

BUT I'M GOING TO EXTEND THIS PROGRAM.

THAT'S THING.

WE HAVE TEN NOW.

GOING TO BE EXPANDING IT BECAUSE OTHER AREAS.

IT'S NOT JUST ME.

PUSHING THESE SPEED KAMS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEGISLATURE ASKING SEE SPEEDS IN AREAS.

FATALITIES WANT TO STOP.

>> POINT OUT SOMETHING ON THIS.

SUCH A GOOD SPORT ABOUT THIS.

WITHOUT TRYING TO GOTCHA ANYBODY, NOT TR TRYING TO A. H A ANYBODY.

ALL THE CAMERAS SINUS KAM INTERSECTIONS WELLMARKED.

NEW AUTOMATIC FOARNS.

PRESS MEDIA GOES OUT.

ALL THE DISTRACTIONS WAYFINDING, APP, WAYS, GOOGLE MAPS APPLE MAPS THEY WARN YOU SPEED CAMERA AHEAD.

RED LIGHT CAMERA AHEAD.

AND STILL HOW MANY 30,000?

>>Yunji: A MONTH.

>> CHOOSING TO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

>> THESE ARE 11 MILES PER HOUR OVER SPEED LIMIT.

NOT ONE MILE OVER.

11 PLUS.

>>Yunji: STUNNING NUMBER.

SPEAKS TO SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND WROTE.

FOR MATTER HOW MANY LAWS ARE SUMNER LACROISUMNLAWS ARE DOESNY LAWS.

>> SEEN OVER TIME DIFFERENCE BACK TO TAKING RESPONSIBILITIES JOHN HAD TALKED ABOUT.

I WATCH BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE OF MY OFFICER MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS AND BEING PROFESSIONAL.

AND MY OFFICERS ARE TREMENDOUS AT GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THEY'RE GETTING YELLED AT BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST THOUGH DON'T WANT TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO AND VERY FRUSTRATED THEY'RE GETTING PULLED OVER.

EVEN JUST SOMETIMES GETTING WARNING.

THEY'RE SO UPSET BECAUSE YOU'RE DELAYING MY TRAVEL.

BUT YOU TRAVELING 70 IN A 55.

SO THE LAWS ARE THERE.

I THINK WE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE'RE ENSURING THAT THEY'RE FORCED TO PAY THE FINES.

THAT IF THEY ARE GIVEN JAIL TIME TO DO THE JAIL TIME.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

STRICTER ON MAYBE MAKING SURE THAT THE PENALTIES ARE SERVED.

>> QUESTION HERE SALLY.

COUPLE SPOTS ALONGEN CHAENRIGHTCHARCHT THE LIKE,EN CE LIKE IN KAILUA.

BECOME MORE VISIBLE CROSS THE STREET.

AREA NOT HIGH IMPACT AREA.

PERHAPS ONE REASON.

COULD WE USE MORE OF THE FLAGS O OTHER COMMUNITIES.

>> WE COULD BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF, WHAT WORK BETTER ARE THOSE HUMPS.

AND ROADWAY DIETS.

SO FOUR LANES WHICH WHEN I MOVED IN, THE FIRST WEEK, THERE WAS A KID HIT ON A BIKE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE TOO FAST.

TREAT IT AS ARTERIAL ROAD.

IT IS ACTUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEY GO ABOVE 25 MILES PER HOUR.

AND THAT IS EVEN TOO FAST.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF KEIKI AND KUPUNA ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CROSSING STREETS.

AND SAME FIRST WEEK, HAD A DOG THAT WAS KILLED.

AND TH THROWN INTO OUR YARD.

IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CALMING THAT HAPPENED, CHANGED FOUR LANES INTO TWO WITH MIDDLE TURNING LANE, CREATED LIKE E'O BIKE LANES, BIKE LANES THAT THAT ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN TRAFFIC.

EVERY NOW AND THEN, WOULD BE, ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THERE.

THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AND IT BROUGHT FAMILIES ON BIKES AND BROUGHT MORE AWARENESS, AN PEOPLE SAY, HI AND HELLO.

SO IN TERMS OF THAT FEELING NEIGHBORLY, I SAY PEOPLE, WE FETCH EACH OTHER BY TAL TALK DOS NAMES.

COMMENT HERE FROM ANDREW.

ALMOST OUT OF TIME WE NEED TO BRING BACK ALOHA TO THE WAY WE DRIVE.

GO WITH THE FLOW AND LEAVE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO HE MERGE.

BREATHE GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING SAFELY HYP HOPE WE DO FOR US.

RESPOND TO THAT.

>> YOU TALKED ABOUT ANONYMITY IN YOUR VEHICLES.

SO AGAINST PUTTING DARK TINTING ALL OVER THE CAR MORE ANONYMOUS YOU CAN BE LESS ALOHA WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

I COULD WAVE A WAND TOMORROW, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY DRIVERS STANDARD TOMORROW.

EVERYBODY HAS WINDOWS DOWN ALL THE TIME.

THEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT RECONNECTEDNESS TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND YOU.

THAT COULD HELP OUT BRING ALOHA BACK AGAIN.

>>Yunji: JOHN?

>> BASICALLY KEY.

THERE IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE LOST THAT SENSE OF ALOHA.

I'M NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT.

ABSOLUTELY NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE ALOHA FOR EACH OTHER.

WE WATCH IT ERODE EVERY DAY.

AND IT HAPPENS FIRST ON OUR ROADWAYS.

IT REALLY DOES.

WE JUST I THINK WE ALL THINK ALOHA MEANS HELLO.

GOOD BY AND LOVE.

I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OTHER NUANCES TO ALOHA.

COURTESY.

RESPECT.

THERE ARE THOSE PIECES OF IT THAT WE ARE SOE ENCAPSULATED OWN LIFE, OWN EXISTENCE THAT WE FORGET THAT WHEN WE'RE PARTICIPATING ON THE ROADWAY, EVERYTHING WE DO, I COULD BE WALKING IN THE ROAD, BIKING, DRIVING, IT CAN DRASTICALLY ALTER SOMEONE ELSE'S TRAJECTORY FOREVER.

AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EACH OF THESE FATALITIES, THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY SUFFERS, IT'S NOT JUST THAT ONE PERSON.

IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW.

IT'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE PUTTING.

STOP TO.

AND I FEEL FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THESE THINGS AND REPEATEDLY SEE THE PRODUCT OF THAT DECISION, DIDN'T TEE NEED TO BE.

AGAIN, ALOHA PROBABLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY ATTACHED TO IT.

AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT.

>>Yunji: YEAH.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THROWING SHAKA.

I KNOW IT TOO.

GREW UP BIG ISLAND AS WELL.

WHEN I GO HOME TO SEE MY MOM, PEOPLE DO DRIVE A LITTLE SLOWER AND YOU SEE THE SAME PEOPLE AND YOU MY DRIVING SHAKA.

HAND UP.

I DON'T THROW THAT ONE HERE ON OAHU THAT MUCH.

SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLOSE THIS OUT TONIGHT.

ON BRINGING ALOHA BACK TO THE ROAD.

>> I MEAN, GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT JUST TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME.

SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.

REMEMBER IT'S NOT YOUR ROAD.

NOTEN TITLED TO THIS LANE.

NOT ENTITLED TO SPACE DRIVING SAY PRIVILEGE.

NOT YOUR RIGHT.

WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE EVERYONE MAKES IT HOME SAFELY.

YOUR IRRESPONSIBLENESS OR RECKLESSNESS OR DISREGARD EVERYONE AROUND YOU CATASTROPHIC EFFECT THAT IS IS NOT JUST YOU YOU'RE RISK.

RISKING EVERYBODY AROUND YOU, THEIR FAMILY THEIR FUTURE.

AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST TOO IRRESPONSIBLE OR IMPATIENT OR JUST DON'T CARE ENOUGH.

SO BRING BACK THAT CARE.

BRING BACK THAT ALOHA.

BRING BACK THAT PATIENCE.

>>Yunji: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FOR THAT.

MAHALO TO YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, AND WE THANK OUR GUESTS: ED SNIFFEN, THE DIRECTOR OF HAWAII DOT, AND JON NOUCHI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT HONOLULU DOT, LOLA IRVIN FROM THE CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION DIVISION AT HDOH AND MAJOR JAMES SLAYTER, COMMANDER OF HPD TRAFFIC DIVISION.

COMING UP ON INSIGHTS, THE STATE HAS MANDATED THAT 30 PERCENT OF THE FOOD SERVED IN SCHOOLS BE LOCALLY SOURCED BY 2030 WITH THE INTERI HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO REACHING THE GOAL.

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