V.           New Business 

A.    Planning Study Close Out Presentation: Traffic Signal Optimization

      and Demand Management Study

The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services staff and consultants will provide a presentation to close out the Traffic Signal Optimization and Demand Management Study funded through the Unified Planning Work Program FY2024-2025. For this study, consultants prepared an island-wide microsimulation model that is integrated with the O`ahuMPO travel demand forecasting model. This model will enable O`ahuMPO and partner agencies to conduct current-year and near-future analyses at the corridor level to evaluate operational and design scenarios.

The model will complement O`ahuMPO’s regional travel demand forecasting model by providing more detailed operational analysis to support the Congestion Management Process (CMP), O`ahu Regional Transportation Plan (ORTP), Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), and other planning studies. 

Click on Links:  Review the final report and visit the StoryMap site.

Requested Action: Approve the Traffic Signal Optimization and Demand Management Study as evidence that the work was carried out, submit documentation of the work completed to the USDOT for approval, and incorporate study findings into the metropolitan transportation planning process.

B.     Executive Director Search Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) – Report Discussion and Recommendation

      The Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) established at the June 29, 2026 Policy Board meeting presented their report and recommendations at the October 8, 2026 Policy Board meeting. The Policy Board will discuss and vote on the PIG’s report and recommendations.

      Requested action: Accept the Executive Director Search PIG’s Report and approve the recommendation for temporary assignment of Dallas Ige as Acting Executive Director.

VI.         Invitation to interested members of the public to be heard on matters not included on the agenda.

VII.        Announcements

VIII.      Adjournment

PUBLIC TESTIMONY will be accepted on any Policy Board meeting agenda item. The testimony may be oral or written. Written testimony is strongly encouraged as the primary means of submitting testimony.

Oral Testimony

Oral testimony will be accepted at the meeting. Anyone wishing to testify orally is encouraged to please sign up in advance by emailing OahuMPO@OahuMPO.org. You may also advise us at the meeting if you would like to testify orally. To accommodate all possible testifiers, oral testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. Please note that you may submit written testimony. See below.

Written Testimony

To aid the Committee in the distribution of written testimony to members, the Committee requests that written testimony be submitted 24 hours in advance (for Friday meetings, please submit written testimony to the O`ahuMPO office by the prior Thursday morning). Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. 

Written testimony may be sent to O`ahuMPO via e-mail at OahuMPO@OahuMPO.org or to our office at:

O`ahuMPO

707 Richards Street, Suite 200

Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813

Note: Any personal information (such as home addresses, home phone numbers, cell phone numbers, etc.) included in the written testimony will become public information.

Policy Board meeting packets are available for inspection in O`ahuMPO’s office.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

If the need arises with respect to any item on this agenda and pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes Sections 92-4 and 92-5(a)(4), the Policy Board may consult in a closed meeting with its attorneys in executive session on questions and issues pertaining to the Policy Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities and/or liabilities relating to that item.

ACCESSIBILITY

O`ahuMPO is committed to making our documents accessible to all audiences.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accessibility accommodation, please contact Danelle Miyahara at 808-586-2326 AND at danelle.miyahara@OahuMPO.org as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Visit https://OahuMPO.org/ada-compliance/ for more information.

Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats.

The O`ahuMPO is a government agency responsible for coordinating transportation planning on O`ahu.