| Air | | | | Like most major American cities, the Honolulu |
| Located on the western end of Honolulu proper, | | | | metropolitan area experiences heavy traffic |
| Honolulu International Airport (HNL) is the principal | | | | congestion during rush hours, especially to and |
| aviation gateway to the state of Hawaii. | | | | from the western suburbs of Kapolei, Ewa, Aiea, |
| Highways | | | | Pearl City, Waipahu, and Mililani. Land for expanding |
| Four freeways serve Honolulu: | | | | road capacity is at a premium everywhere on |
| Interstate H-1, which, coming into the city from | | | | Oahu. |
| the west, passes Hickam Air Force Base and | | | | Public transportation |
| Honolulu International Airport, runs just north of | | | | Established by former Mayor Frank F. Fasi, |
| Downtown and continues eastward through Makiki | | | | Honolulu's public transit system has been twice |
| and Kaimuki, ending at Waialae/Kahala. West of | | | | honored by the American Public Transportation |
| the city proper, H-1 connects to Interstate H-2 | | | | Association bestowing the title of "America's Best |
| from Wahiawa and Interstate H-3 from Kaneohe. | | | | Transit System" for 1994-1995 and 2000-2001. |
| Interstate H-201-also known as the Moanalua | | | | Oahu Transit Services' "TheBus" operates 93 |
| Freeway and formerly numbered Hawaii State | | | | routes with a fleet of 525 buses. |
| Rte. 78-connects two points along H-1: at Aloha | | | | Currently, there is no fixed-rail mass transit |
| Stadium and Fort Shafter. Close to H-1 and Aloha | | | | system in Honolulu. However, in 2004, the City & |
| Stadium, H-201 has an exchange with the | | | | County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii |
| western terminus of Interstate H-3 to the | | | | approved development of an action plan for a |
| windward side of Oahu (Kaneohe). This complex | | | | fixed rail mass transit system to be built in |
| of connecting ramps, some directly between H-1 | | | | several phases. The initial line could link Kapolei in |
| and H-3, is in Halawa. | | | | West Oahu to UH Manoa. Several attempts had |
| Other major highways that link Honolulu proper | | | | been made since the 1980s and 1990s to |
| with other parts of the Island of Oahu are: | | | | construct a fixed rail mass transit system but |
| Pali Highway, State Rte. 61, crosses north over | | | | stalled during Honolulu City Council hearings. |
| the Koolau range via the Pali Tunnels to connect | | | | However, on December 22, 2006, Honolulu City |
| to Kailua and Kaneohe on the windward side of | | | | Council approved a fixed-guideway system that |
| the Island. | | | | will accommodate either rail or buses, that runs |
| Likelike Highway, State Rte. 63, also crosses the | | | | from Kapolei in West Oahu to UH Manoa, with a |
| Koolau to Kaneohe via the Wilson Tunnels. | | | | spur into Waikiki. |
| Kalanianaole Highway, State Rte. 72, runs | | | | Also in 2004, construction had started on a bus |
| eastward from Waialae/Kahala to Hawaii Kai and | | | | rapid transit (BRT) system using dedicated |
| around the east end of the island to Waimanalo | | | | rights-of-way for buses. The system, proposed |
| Beach. | | | | by former Mayor Jeremy Harris, was expected |
| Kamehameha Highway, State Rte. 99, runs | | | | to link the Iwilei neighborhood with Waikiki. |
| westward from near Hickam Air Force Base to | | | | However, current Mayor Mufi Hannemann has |
| Aiea and beyond, eventually running through the | | | | largely dismantled the BRT system and deployed |
| center of the island and ending in Kaneohe. | | | | its buses along other express bus routes. |