Are campaigns to improve pedestrian safety working?

There is a renewed push to save the Haʻikū Stairs in Kāneʻohe, Windward Oʻahu after the city hired a contractor to remove them. The stairs, commonly referred to as Stairway to Heaven, go up the side of the Koʻolau Mountains. There is no legal public access to the stairs from the Windward side but that has not stopped hikers from traversing the trail prompting complaints from area residents about noise, trespassing and trash left behind.

Will construction of a pedestrian bridge over O‘ahu’s Ala Wai Canal be an improvement or a problem?

Feral cats roam all the major Hawaiian islands. Population estimates run into the hundreds of thousands. The cats have no predators but have long been considered one of the biggest predatory threats to native wildlife and they spread a potentially deadly parasite that can harm birds and mammals including monk seals and humans. Trap, neuter and release programs can and do help, but are they doing enough?

Does it seem like our roads and highways are constantly in need of repair? Why do road upgrades seem to take so long?

You don’t have to look hard to find homeless people in our community, unfortunately. There are multiple programs in the works by state and county governments, non-profit organizations and the private sector to address the homeless crisis in Hawaiʻi. Are those programs working? Why or why not?

A so-called broadband revolution is about to launch statewide to help thousands of households with little or no access to the internet. Just how and when will that work?

Planners have a new proposal to control flooding in the Ala Wai watershed after the last plan was rejected. Does the plan hold water?

What is the status of the city effort to find a new location for a landfill as the expiration date on the state permit for the current site in West O‘ahu approaches?

The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would regulate, or in some cases curtail, commercial activity in city parks. Is this going too far?