Personally, I’d rank Honolulu worse than LA. At least in LA, there are options to exit and take surface streets. In Honolulu during rush hour, you really can’t escape it.
You got that right.
Add in that when you do get off the freeway, getting back on can be an exercise in rage management, as there are few onramps and they are not coherently located.
Used to get up at 0500 to cross Honolulu at 0530 to get to Pearl Harbor by 0600. Only way to avoid the mess. Made a 1.5 hour commute about a half hour instead. Same with coming home at 2:30PM.