There was more frustration on the roads today as morning commuters maneuvered through traffic jams.
Many drivers heeded the warnings to leave earlier, but it didn’t get them to work any faster.
As far as avoiding the Kapiolani Boulevard off ramp, many drivers did just that. And it was strange to see this end of major roadway pretty empty between seven and eight this morning. But other main arteries like Beretania Street were slow going. So was Waialae Avenue, and the surface streets heading into it.
"Yesterday was bad and I left way earlier than I usually do, and today I left even sooner, about 20 or 30 minutes before, and I’m still later than I was yesterday," said Lana Young.
Some tried different ways to get around the mess, but soon found out that there really isn’t any way to avoid it.
"I was trying on Beretania, it’s hard, going down to Kapiolani, hard again then I tried this one but stuck," said Porky Ngawan.
City officials are asking drivers to be patient in order to get through APEC week. With the worst yet to come, the city says traffic lights will have to be adjusted in order to speed things up in certain areas.
"We have control over some of our major intersections in terms of traffic signal timing, so we can certainly give more green time to the through route to expedite traffic especially when it’s congested," said city transportation director Wayne Yoshioka.
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