Calls by many to redevelop downtown Honolulu in order to reduce crime and spark economic activity may include the use of the narrow, city-owned roadway named Chaplain Lane.

Bounded by Nuuanu Avenue, South Beretania, Bethel, and South Pauahi streets, Chaplain Lane, on its mauka end, is commonly used by Hawaii Pacific University students for the parking of mopeds.

The lane’s makai side is occupied by a paid parking lot, Mark’s Garage, at 22 S. Pauahi St..

But a Honolulu City Council measure, Bill 48, seeks to convert a 200-foot stretch of that thoroughfare into Chaplain Lane Mall — a non-­vehicle, pedestrian-friendly spot in the busy downtown area.

As proposed, Bill 48 — sponsored by District 6 Council member Tyler Dos-Santos Tam — would stop all vehicle traffic on the Chaplain Lane betw

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