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Question: With all the construction being done on the H-1 and throughout Oahu making traffic congestion even worse, is any information available regarding the total number of registered vehicles in the state? A breakdown by make of car would be of interest. When you think about it, it is amazing that upward of 70,000 new vehicles get registered in this state annually. And, with owners hanging on to vehicles for longer periods of time, renewals must bring the total close to 500,000! How many vehicles
on Oahu? A lotAnswer: Actually, almost double that number.
The city Office of Motor Vehicles and Licensing collects data on the total number of vehicles registered each year, but it doesn't break them down by make. For calendar year 1999, the total number of vehicles (passenger vehicles, trucks, motorcycles and trailers) registered was 929,474. Broken down by counties, the figures were: Honolulu, 609,395; Big Island, 131,562; Kauai, 60,313; and Maui, 128,204.
By comparison, the total number of vehicles registered statewide in 1998 was 915,756, 606,091 of them on Oahu. The percentage increase statewide was 1.5 percent, according to David Mau, the city assistant licensing administrator.
Mau said his office just records and reports the numbers; it doesn't analyze them.
Q: I would like to know where I can drop off vacuum cleaners and clothing items that I want to donate, but not for resale. There used to be a clearinghouse in Kapalama, but I'm not sure where they are now. Can you let me know where I can drop these items off?
A: The Community Clearing House moved this year from the Kapalama Military Reservation to 2100 N. Nimitz Highway. The nearest cross street is Puuhale Road. It's open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Call 845-1669 for information.
They've got enough donated clothing. What they could use are wheelchairs, hospital beds and other equipment for the disabled, plus bigger household items, such as vacuum cleaners, washers, dryers, stoves and dressers, a spokeswoman said.
Auwe
To the three young men who stole my backpack on Pensacola Street Wednesday morning, May 31. There was nothing of real value in the pack, but it will require months to replace the contents of my address book and other records. How difficult is it to steal from the back of a deaf woman's wheelchair, when she is not looking? Will you brag of your courage and daring with your mothers and girlfriends? -- Disgusted Malihini
Mahalo
To Joann and Sherrie Takushi and Glenn Chang, who found and returned, intact, two bags that had fallen from my son's car on Mother's Day. He didn't realize he had left them on the top of his car. The Takushis tracked him down and returned the bag, which contained a substantial amount of money, plus his credit cards, etc. Mr. Chang turned in the other bag to American Savings Bank. Their actions, in this age where we have to lock our cars and houses, prove there are good, honest people in the world. -- Helen Orikasa/Del Ray Hara
Auwe
To the bikers and rollerbladers who do not use the bike lane on Kainalu Drive in Kailua. The bike lane is provided for your safety, as well as the safety of drivers. When you insist on riding outside of the lane, you force drivers to cross over into the oncoming lane just to get around you. Please do not be the cause of a terrible accident. -- No Name
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