H-1 Freeway West

Be careful going west bound during afternoon hours, starting at 2pm and on.
But they just opened the lanes by the H2 exit! There are 4 lanes going to Waianae and moved the 2 over to Wahiawa/​Mililani! Awesome!

I’m as grateful for this vital freeway as anyone else is, but I do think the solutions that have been chosen could have been thought out better. As with my review on H-​1 East, this is the same situation with the Ziplane. Yes, it adds a Eastbound lane in the morning; however, it also reduces the Westbound lanes by TWO (one for the Ziplane and a second for the barrier). This causes traffic that is just as bad as the evening rush hour or worse. I don’t think they considered the fact that since they are now developing Kapolei, Ewa, and Mililani, there is much more congestion going Westbound than when the Ziplane was first built.
There’s always the worst traffic at the merge near the stadium and of course by the Sears Distribution Center. It clears up after the H1/​H2 split. They know where the problem areas are and that the main problem is that the H1 west is pretty much the only way for people to get home. We’ll see if the rail alleviates anything.