Thanks for contributing this piece. I'd like to add a small comment. I'm not often a pedestrian in this area, but I do drive through these areas every day. 

Before the bulb-outs, my daily left turn from Pauahi to Nuuanu was dangerous because I could not see every pedestrian and I could not see cars zooming down Nuuanu over the parked cars on the side of the street. Since the bulb-outs have gone in, visibility has improved. There are no more parked cars to block my view. The bulb-outs have made my commute much safer.