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Thursday, December 13, 2012

"Soon There Will Be No Place To Drive..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen

We are blessed to have a Bicycle trail on Kauai which helps avoid bumper to
bumper standstill traffic. Such freedom of  riding a bike at leisure and getting
to your destination in many instances faster than those in motor vehicles.

 Check out my opinion article in the (12-28-12) edition of the Kaua'i garden Island News, "Congested Kaua'i."

Imagine an endless line of cars with nowhere to go? Kaua'i may soon come to this reality. Every year there are thousands of  people coming of age to drive, not to mention the many new people who move here every year, translating to even more traffic congestion.

 The cosmic island of Kaua'i is only  33 miles long and 25 miles wide. The major  thoroughfare which nearly  runs around the whole  island is called a highway, although it  looks nothing like a highway, more like a country road with  speed limits posted in most areas at only 25 mph.

There are more than one million registered motor vehicles in the state of Hawaii, that's more than one vehicle for every man woman and child. Everyday car dealerships sell more and more vehicles, and car rental agencies frequently  sell out of inventory to our visitors. When will it end, where will all these vehicles go, after-all we are are only an island?

There is no state in the United States with fewer lane miles than Hawai'i,  with Kaua'i ranking last place in miles of road among the four major Hawaiian islands.

Electric cars will not solve this dilemma of too little space. Walking, biking, the bus and more roads is a step in the right direction to alleviate bumper to bumper traffic and road rage.

With  approximately 235 miles of paved roadways on Kaua'i, there will soon  be no place to drive, just motor vehicles at a standstill from one end of the island to the other. 

Please remember to wave at me as I pass you on my bicycle.



Check out my opinion article in the (12-28-12) edition of the Kaua'i garden 
Island News, "Congested Kaua'i."


The Kaua'i Multi-Use Trail The Best Use of Taxpayer Money Ever on Kaua'i generated with the Imgflip Meme Generator


WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CROSS A BIKE AND A FLOWER?   BICYCLE PETALS! 
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