By the Numbers
| PEDESTRIAN SAFETY | ||
| 4th Hawai‘i’s rank among 50 states and the District of Columbia in the number of pedestrian deaths per capita, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
$97 Fine for drivers who fail to stop for a pedestrian walking in the half of the crosswalk nearest to the driver’s car, under Hawai‘i’s recently amended crosswalk law. |
233 Number of citations issued under the revised statute as of early June, according to the Hawai‘i State Judiciary. |
| COMMUTING | ||
| 25.8 Average number of minutes it takes Hawai‘i workers to commute to their jobs, the 10th longest in the nation. |
68.4 Percentage of Hawai‘i workers who drive alone to work, the third lowest in the nation. |
16.4 Percentage who carpool, the highest in the nation. |
| Source: 2004 American Community Survey, U.S. Census | ||
| ANNUAL NUMBER OF VISITORS received by a few local attractions: | ||
| The USS Arizona Memorial 1,566,633 |
The Bishop Museum 333,900 |
‘Iolani Palace 64,552 |
| The Polynesian Cultural Center 783,471 |
The Honolulu Academy of Arts 303,444 |
The Contemporary Museum 35,430 |
| Atlantis Submarines 400,282 |
Source: 2004 State of Hawai‘i Data Book | |
