![]() Or, get around the city via public bus for a very cost-worthy USD $5.50 ( AUD $8) day-pass, and pay the driver in cash.įor convenience, wave down or book a taxi, you’ll pay at least USD $3 ( AUD $4.36) flagfall and about USD $3 per mile. Find your self-guided route on the Shaka Guide app but try and avoid Honolulu’s congested weekday peak hour traffic from 5am to 8am, and 3pm to 6.30pm. To see more of Oahu on your own itinerary, rental cars such as Hertz, Budget, Avis and Enterprise are all available direct from the airport. Each tour has its own route that you can jump on and off at popular tourist spots such as Pearl Harbor, the world’s largest open air shopping mall the Ala Moana Center, Honolulu Museum of Art, the Iolani Palace and others. ![]() To see the city’s major tourist attractions, buy either a one, four or seven-day pass aboard the Waikiki Trolley (an open-air bus with side-facing seats) or double-decker bus. To get from one terminal to another, a free shuttle called the Wiki Wiki (literally meaning ‘very quick’) ferries passengers and their luggage. It’s always a good idea to pre-book a shuttle bus, as you’ll have the driver waiting for you with a sign at the airport, and most will track your flight so they are there on time for when you arrive. But that’s only if you don’t have any luggage because the drivers rarely allow the extra space for it. The island’s public transport system is simply called TheBus, jump on either route 19 or 20 for the trip to downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. From taxis to shuttle buses, there are many transport options in Honolulu. Taking an Uber or Lyft? Rideshare zones are in three locations on the second level outside lobbies 8, 5 and 2. You’ll find metered-fare taxis waiting for passengers outside the exit points to the airport, so make sure you ask the driver to start the ticker after you step in. ![]() It’s about a 15-minute drive to downtown Honolulu from the airport and about half an hour to the beaches of nearby Waikiki. And with nearly one million people, Oahu is also the most populated of Hawaii’s seven inhabited islands (including Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Kauai, Lanai and Niihau) and the more than 130 smaller islands, atolls, islets and coral reefs that make up the 50 th US state.īut before you go, here is what you need to know… Arrival info Pearl Harbor, the Ala Moana Center – the world’s largest open-air shopping mall - and Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the US, are just a few of the island’s star attractions. Stuck in traffic reading this post? No problem, download our traffic app on iTunes or on Google Play for Android.Capital city Honolulu is home to beachfront resorts towering over crescent-shaped shores, hula dancers, ukuleles, balmy breezes and nearby Waikiki beach. ![]() If you’re a data geek or just want to know what you can expect from traffic in your city, head on over to the Traffic Scorecard to see where your city ranks. An hour-long bus ride to Waikiki would unfortunately take 80 minutes. That’s over a week and a half staring at headlights or the sunset, if you’re lucky.Ĭommuters in Honolulu experienced a 30 percent increase in travel time due to bad traffic conditions making a 30-minute drive to visit the USS Arizona Memorial would take an extra 10 minutes. In 2013, commuters and tourists spent an average of 60 hours in traffic, up 10 hours from the 2012 Scorecard. If you are planning to take a vacation to Honolulu this year, be prepared to spend some time behind wheel. ![]() Utilizing trillions of traffic data points gathered from crowd-sourced traffic information, the Scorecard is the world’s most in-depth, data-driven look at traffic congestion statistics in metropolitan cities in the US. This week, we released the seventh annual INRIX Traffic Scorecard. ![]()
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