Trailhead Parking Restrictions

At a glance

• What: Bill 54 (2026), relating to parking, lets communities request that the Department of Transportation Services (DTS) paint curbs red near trailheads where hikers park in ways that block residents' driveways. Designation is left to DTS discretion.
• Where it stands: passed second reading September 9, 2026, 9-0 (Cordero moved committee report 232(26), Okimoto seconded; no public testimony).
• Next: third reading.

Details

• August 12 first reading (8-0): Waters said police staffing shortages make routine trailhead enforcement hard. Kiaʻāina supported the intent but asked that residents' own parking needs be balanced.
• Testimony at first reading: Billionaire and Iwasa (general comment), Kam of Oʻahu Transit Riders (general comment).

Sources

• City Council journal (minutes), regular meeting of August 12, 2026 (adopted October 7, 2026): https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=29151
• City Council journal (draft minutes, not yet adopted), regular meeting of September 9, 2026: https://hnldoc.ehawaii.gov/hnldoc/document-download?id=29318

Log

2026-09-09 - Regular Council

Passed second reading 9-0.

2026-08-12 - Regular Council

Passed first reading 8-0.