Green ‘Āina Planning & Engineering, LLC

08/17/2024

No wipes are flushable!!

06/03/2024

40% is amazing!

A campaign to make Paris greener, primarily by reducing its dependence on cars, has transformed it into a shining example of what many environmental activists, city planners and transit advocates say ought to be the future of cities worldwide.

The city has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 800 miles of bike lanes. nbcnews.app.link/NMIe87yy6Jb

01/16/2024

So often urban trails are after-thoughts. Direct trails between destinations are hard to find and pedestrians are left to contend with sidewalks riddled with intersections and driveways. There are too many missed opportunities for connectivity and we should do better in 2024.

In the traditional development pattern, walking is a natural part of the day - not just an intentional form of exercise.

07/26/2023

Good news for Hawaii!

06/07/2023

https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1565957&utm_source=Civil+Beat+Master+List&utm_campaign=b308f7060f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_07_12_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b308f7060f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=b308f7060f&mc_eid=a73dafa1fc

Put the 'missing middle' housing where there is already adequate infrastructure!

Solutions will require rethinking existing policies and re-imagining what housing development and neighborhood cohesion looks like.

05/20/2023

Hooray for a more reasonable approach to parking!

Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover this country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. Cities are cracking down.

03/07/2023

Sweet! A former client is featured for his amazing baking-farm. Great job Markus and Marie!

The first time Markus Stolz ate baumkuchen, a traditional German cake that resembles a hollowed cross-section of a tree trunk, he was in Japan—not Outside of Hilo, the Baumkuchen Farm is putting a Japanese twist on the traditional German baumkuchen and offering lessons about the history of the pas...

01/03/2023

Another hidden cost of crumbling infrastructure: "According to TRIP, a nonprofit that researches surface transportation, 69% of Hawaiʻi’s major roads are in “poor or mediocre” condition, and its drivers spend an average of $818 per person — $772 million total — a year on wear, additional fuel and repairs caused by driving on deteriorated roads."

ConsumerAffairs recently published an analysis of which states have 2022’s worst (and best) roads for travel, and found that the bumpiest and potentially most dangerous rides occur in Hawaiʻi.

09/21/2022

The team is working on a project in La Push. Such an inspiring place, I am mesmerized by this landscape.

07/27/2022

This is a great trail we use a lot when on the mainland. We love ODT & the Rails to Trails program! It really gets the people outside and moving! 🚴🏽 🚶🏻‍♀️ 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏽 👩🏼‍🦯🧑🏻‍🦼👨🏼‍🦽🚴🏽‍♀️🚴🏽‍♂️

In Washington State, trail builders, public officials and tribal leaders across the Olympic Peninsula are working to create a seamless, 138-mile walking and ...