Thank you for this article, Luke.  On Maui we are building a new car rental center because we have MORE car rentals than even Oahu.  And yet our main commute roads (the Pali, Haleakala Hwy and Hana Hwy) are clogged with more and more and more tourists with our stop lights at F level service as we wait several light changes to get through.

We simply have to STOP increasing the number of tourists.

Our special places are trampled to death.  Our lives are a nightmare.  If it weren't for local residents being so nice and letting me out of my subdivision onto Hana Hwy, I could not leave my home between 7:45am to 7:30pm because the traffic is so thick.

BTW, I've never had a tourist stop and make a spot for me to turn onto the Hana Hwy left from my subdivision.