Waikiki Neighbors Against Noise

06/10/2025

Neighborhood Board meeting tonight, 6:00 pm at the Ala Wai Community Center. If anything is going to be done about the noise in Waikiki, we have to show up to the Neighborhood Board meetings to voice our complaints!

Hope to see you there!

07/12/2023

Last night HPD and the Prosecutor’s Office made a presentation on vehicle noise at our Neighborhood Board meeting. The substance of the presentation was all the reasons they want us to believe that keep them from doing their job. In its entirety, the presentation made clear that neither HPD nor the Prosecutor’s Office care about the criminal levels of noise that our laws protect us from.

Our neighborhood deserves officers and prosecutors who are willing to enforce the criminal laws that are on the books. Not officers and prosecutors who will point to excuses on why they can’t.

A link to the recorded meeting will be posted here when available. We deserve better. If we work together, we can bring change for the better!

07/07/2023

Are you really concerned and upset about the level of noise in Waikiki? Come to our next neighborhood board meeting on July 11! The focus of the meeting will be a presentation on vehicle noise.

https://www.honolulu.gov/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2023/07/11/19041/1197/waikīkī-nb-initial-convening-meeting.html?Itemid=2404

06/01/2023

Thank you to everyone for supporting me to serve on our Neighborhood Board! I look forward to serving a full term and working to make sure our board advocates on your behalf. Please feel free to contact me about anything to do about Waikiki.

Daniel Jacob

05/03/2023

Have you voted in your neighborhood board election yet? Polls are still open!

I would appreciate your support for sub district 2 in Waikiki!

Daniel Jacob

04/28/2023

Vote today for your Neighborhood Board! I would appreciate your vote (Daniel Jacob), so that we can make Waikiki the best it can be!

If you did not receive instructions, your passcode and a PIN number, you can call the elections hotline at 808-768-3708.

04/23/2023

Did you receive your code to vote in the Neighborhood Election. Voting begins April 28! I would appreciate your vote! Daniel Jacob for Subdistrict 2.

Thank you!

04/12/2023

Neighborhood Board Meeting Tonight! Hope to see you there!

04/01/2023

Would you support the resolution below? Come to our April 11 Neighborhood Board meeting to show your support!

WAIKIKI NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD No 9
Resolution 2023-3

Regarding Reduction of Vehicle Noise

WHEREAS, the Waikiki neighborhood is now subjected to unprecedented levels of noise pollution; and

WHEREAS, noise pollution is an important quality-of-life issue that negatively impacts the health of both humans and animals; and

WHEREAS, vehicles—mechanized personal transportation devices with two or more wheels, such as mopeds, motorcycles, and automobiles—are a primary source of noise pollution; and

WHEREAS, many vehicles that drive through Waikiki have audio, muffler, horn, or other component systems which disturb the peace and tranquility of life and subject neighborhood residents to unreasonable levels of noise at all hours of the day and night; and

WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes §711-1101 declares noise to be unreasonable if it “involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding citizen would follow in the same situation”; and

WHEREAS, Waikiki Neighborhood Board No 9 finds many vehicles in Waikiki create excessively loud and disturbing noises which grossly deviate from standard and reasonable levels of community conduct and propriety; and

WHEREAS, noise-monitoring technology is now available for installation on City traffic poles which may permit the Honolulu Police Department to enforce state and local noise statutes without reduction of officers on patrol; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED THAT Waikiki Neighborhood Board No 9 calls upon the City, through its Police Department and Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, to enforce and prosecute current muffler, horn, excessive noise, and disorderly conduct laws to address the significant disruption that non- compliant vehicles and noise from same bears upon residents of Honolulu; and be it further

RESOLVED THAT to act in a manner likely to be of practical benefit to residents, the City Council create a committee or advisory panel to collect testimony and ideas about tenable solutions from residents impacted by chronic noise; and be it further

RESOLVED THAT this resolution is to be distributed to the Mayor, City Council, Honolulu Police Department Chief, and the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for action.

03/15/2023

HPD reported zero muffler violations at last night’s neighborhood board meeting, and for the second time they were unable to cite the laws that establish the violation. Is it possible they don’t know the law, which explains why they don’t enforce it? What are your thoughts?

03/14/2023

Neighborhood Board meeting tonight! Hope to see you there!

02/15/2023

Are you hearing loud vehicles in the middle of the night? At last night’s NB meeting, it was announced that we should call 911 to complain when we hear them. We are also told that officers will now be enforcing HRS 711-1101, titled Disorderly Conduct, in instances of loud noise.

Let’s all do our part by calling 911 and reporting the disorderly conduct!

§711-1101 Disorderly conduct. (1) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause physical inconvenience or alarm by a member or members of the public, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, the person: