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Friday, October 22, 2021 |
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County TAT could further debilitate Hawaii tourism
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:06 PM :: 2812 Views :: Economy, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... Hawaii is still in a state of emergency, tourism has slowed, businesses are closing and unemployment is high. The economy will take years to recover ....
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021 |
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More Honolulu Rail Follies
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 856 Views :: Rail
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... there is a teensy disagreement over the value of the land. HART offered Hughes $13.5 million; Hughes thought it was worth “about” $100 million more ....
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Sunday, October 10, 2021 |
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HART Makes Up Its Voting Rules
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3035 Views :: Ethics, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... The memo concludes that the State did not have the power under the Hawaii Constitution to provide for four extra HART board members. Thus, we can basically ignore the extra folks and conduct business as if they weren’t around ....
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021 |
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New Tax Proposals at the Honolulu Council
By Video @ 5:01 AM :: 2968 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes
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... Honolulu rail project get a portion of the revenues? ....
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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Honolulu Rail Critic Pushes for Middle Street Endpoint
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 8:02 PM :: 2791 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... Then on August 3 came devastating confirmation from a respected FTA agent ....
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Sunday, August 22, 2021 |
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Have We Unwittingly Put the Brakes on HART?
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 2418 Views :: Rail
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...What you might not have seen is the difficulty the HART board is having making decisions....
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Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
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White House Touts 'Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act' for Hawaii
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3126 Views :: National News, Development, Rail
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"...For decades, infrastructure in Hawaii has suffered from a systemic lack of investment...."
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
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Aalto’s Conflicts of Interest Disqualify Him for HART Board
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 3301 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Aalto's movies given major funding by rail supporters ....
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Monday, June 21, 2021 |
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'Procurement Collusion' -- Hanabusa, HART Reported to Federal Authorities
By News Release @ 4:32 AM :: 3995 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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... In order to steer a consulting contract to its former Board Chair, Colleen Hanabusa, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), a federally-funded rail transit project, imposed the following narrowly tailored requirements on bidders ....
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
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Why we need to press ‘pause’ on the Honolulu rail project
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 2562 Views :: Rail
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... the most expensive megaproject per capita in the world ....
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Friday, May 14, 2021 |
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Honolulu Rail: 27 Alternatives to Plan A?
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:49 PM :: 1941 Views :: Rail
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“...People need to know what the options are and what the costs are, and what the real future of rail looks like....”
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Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
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HART needs to quit being so secretive
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:24 AM :: 2589 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... Marked “Confidential (Not for Distribution),” the document contains analyses of both the original plan for the rail and 27 alternatives ....
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Friday, May 7, 2021 |
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Creating Facts on the Ground: Stadium Authority Rushes Decision to Demolish Aloha Stadium
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 4137 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... In a special Stadium Authority Board Meeting this morning (Thursday, May 6), the Board confirmed and voted for an early demolition of the existing stadium location ....
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Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
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Secret Document Shows HART looking at 27 possible rail changes
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:40 PM :: 4364 Views :: Rail
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... The document, marked “CONFIDENTIAL (NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION),” says that stopping the rail at Middle Street could lower costs, provide long-term flexibility for route changes and fleet expansion, and benefit from future driverless technologies ....
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Friday, April 16, 2021 |
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How to make lemonade out of the rail project
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 8:19 PM :: 2419 Views :: Rail
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"... Uno said he has come to the conclusion that the rail is neither a construction project nor a transportation project. Instead, it is “a political project” — one in which all concerns about costs, waste and transparency are subordinate to political goals ...."
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Honolulu $1 billion-a-mile rail boondoggle a warning to Biden ‘Build Back’ plan
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 AM :: 2664 Views :: Rail
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... “This rail service began as one of those ‘shovel ready’ projects funded by the Obama-Biden stimulus program a decade ago. While never completed, it’s still digging a deeper money pit for taxpayer dollars” ....
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 |
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‘Plan C’ for rail?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 7:24 PM :: 2571 Views :: Rail
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... Joe Uno, HART Board member, speaks in his private capacity as a citizen to host Keli‘i Akina about whether a ‘Plan C’ may help salvage the troubled project ....
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Monday, April 12, 2021 |
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Urban Transit After COVID-19
By Selected News Articles @ 7:00 PM :: 2873 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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... it is premature to commit funding for major new rail transit projects before we have some idea of the extent of transit ridership in the first several years after nationwide vaccinations ....
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Saturday, April 10, 2021 |
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HART Frog Debacle Earns First “What Were They Thinking?!” Award
By Rep Gene Ward @ 5:40 AM :: 2660 Views :: Rail
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... The first WWTT Award will be presented to HART for its contract with Hitachi and the wrong sized wheels that do not fit the ‘frogs’ or rail intersections of two tracks ....
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Monday, February 15, 2021 |
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Rail News: Schatz to Chair Senate Transportation Subcommittee
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 2456 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Rail
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"...more support for affordable housing, climate resiliency, and safer and more efficient transportation systems...."
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Friday, February 12, 2021 |
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Five New Members on HART Board
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 3176 Views :: Rail
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... Jeoffrey Cudiamat, Natalie Iwasa, J. Roger Morton, Joseph O’Donnell, and Dean Uchida ....
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021 |
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Blangiardi appoints Roger Morton as Director of DTS
By News Release @ 4:21 AM :: 3117 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... Morton will be tasked with leading administration and oversight for TheBus, TheHandi-Van, and the upcoming rail system, the first segment of which is projected to open in the second half of 2021 ....
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Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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Money to Burn: Virtual Community Meetings Planned for New Aloha Stadium Boondoggle
By News Release @ 1:19 AM :: 3765 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Rail, Tourism
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... The public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) project concludes on Feb. 8 ....
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 |
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Say 'Uncle' -- What Connects Miske to Kealoha?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:25 PM :: 14272 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Police, Rail
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... Kealoha was selected Chief thanks in part to Michael Miske’s ‘uncle’ ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Rail critic Natalie Iwasa named to HART board of directors
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 3098 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... “Ms. Iwasa's official engagement on the Board will ensure increased accountability and transparency at HART.” ....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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City finally releases P3 bid numbers
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 2963 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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... The proposal documents for the P3 procurement will soon be available for review ....
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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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HART Pours Final Segment of Middle Street Section
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 2168 Views :: Rail
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... STG has Constructed 2,708 Overhead Guideway Segments to Complete the 5.2-Mile Section from Aloha Stadium to Middle Street ....
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Thursday, December 10, 2020 |
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Next Boondoggle: 3 Finalists Named for Aloha Stadium Project
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 4082 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Higher Education, Rail, Tourism
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... This RFQ includes the new Aloha Stadium complemented by a mix of developments that will connect to the rail station ....
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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Caldwell, Robbins Beg Feds: We’re trying to come up with a plan please give us $250M
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 2423 Views :: Rail
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"...the plan being discussed will include the entire project scope ... there is no desire to abandon any component of the full Project scope...."
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Friday, October 23, 2020 |
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Rail and Bill 80 two peas in a pod
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:43 PM :: 3622 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Rail, Tourism
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...Two examples of the old way of thinking, both in Honolulu....
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Monday, October 19, 2020 |
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Panos: What is the future of Honolulu Rail?
By Video @ 11:36 PM :: 3161 Views :: Rail
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...What are the latest developments and implications for the completion of one of the most challenged public works project in the nation?....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020 |
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Auditor: Four Years Later HART Finally Acts on Recommendations
By News Release @ 11:09 PM :: 2165 Views :: Rail
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...we found that 12 recommendations were completed, 3 were resolved, and 3 were in process....
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Sunday, October 4, 2020 |
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Standardless Spending
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 3328 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, COVID-19
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We are feverishly trying to spend federal dollars for the common good....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Even More Jammed with Bus Lane and Bike Lane "It’s about getting people out of their cars”
By News Release @ 7:46 PM :: 4347 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Rail
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...a bus-only lane on King St thru downtown just 1 block from the existing Hotel Street Busway....
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Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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Council Candidate Greg Thielen Cautions Against Awarding P3 Contract Under Robbins' Tenure
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 3620 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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“...a potential worse case scenario of a contract award just before a leadership transition at HART and the City and County of Honolulu....”
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 |
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Transit and the Mania for Density
By News Release @ 2:30 PM :: 3572 Views :: Development, Land Use, Rail
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...the Rasputin of urban planning....
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Monday, August 31, 2020 |
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P3 Secrecy: Council Candidate Greg Thielen Calls for Removal of HART Executive Director
By News Release @ 7:07 PM :: 3810 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail
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...taxpayers of the City and County of Honolulu deserve to know the details of this proposed contract prior to any decision being made on it....
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Thursday, August 6, 2020 |
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Pine urges direct federal oversight of rail’s P3 contract awards
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 8:52 PM :: 3085 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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...Pine is urging the Federal Transit Administration to conduct in-person oversight of rail project awards of so-called public-private-partnership, or P3 contracts....
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020 |
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HART Now Makes Video Games
By Selected News Articles @ 5:14 PM :: 2842 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... The game teaches children several curious lessons ....
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Friday, July 10, 2020 |
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City Council defers borrowing for rail
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 AM :: 2598 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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...a resolution that would have authorized up to $26 million in borrowing to help fund its over-budget and behind-schedule rail project....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020 |
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COVID Debt Bomb Puts Honolulu Over the Limit
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:48 PM :: 3428 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, COVID-19
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...Honolulu county can't afford to borrow more for rail, Grassroot Institute says....
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Friday, June 19, 2020 |
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Caldwell Signs Budget: Rail Faces ‘Hard Decisions’ due to Collapse of Economy
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 3753 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, COVID-19
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...Caldwell expressed worries about the uncertainty of revenue collections that are supposed to pay for the city’s $9.2 billion rail project....
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Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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Honolulu’s Terrible Folly and a Transit Mystery
By Selected News Articles @ 11:18 PM :: 3473 Views :: Rail
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...The 20-mile line is expected to cost $9.2 billion, more than the cost of the 243 miles of light-rail lines in Sacramento, Saint Louis, Salt Lake City, San Diego, and San Jose combined....
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020 |
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GOP: Did Honolulu Council Act Illegally on Rail in 2011?
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 7:47 PM :: 5559 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Rail, Republican Party
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... Earlier this month, the Hawaii Republican Party’s (HRP) Chairwoman Ms. Shirlene Ostrov sent a letter to Chief Daniel Hanagami, Special Agent, Office of the State Attorney General, who is investigating Honolulu’s Light Rail Project ....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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COVID-19 Proves Hawai’i Central Planners Got it All Wrong
By Mary Smart @ 10:38 PM :: 3574 Views :: Land Use, Rail, COVID-19
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...Hawai’i central planners should reevaluate their push to implement more and more projects, such as TOD, mass transit, and shared vehicles, which contribute to the spread of disease....
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Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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Why Honolulu Rail Should be Torn Down Now
By Video @ 3:26 PM :: 3538 Views :: Rail, COVID-19
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...They Never Saw It Coming....
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Monday, May 18, 2020 |
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Billionaire Outlines Plan to Make Hawaii Residents Go Carless
By News Release @ 4:28 AM :: 2746 Views :: Rail
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..."Framework for Hawaii's AV Future: Accessible, Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared"....
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Saturday, May 9, 2020 |
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Honolulu $90M grant money from the Federal Transit Administration
By News Release @ 1:49 AM :: 3078 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, COVID-19
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"...This money will directly support the City’s current transit service operations, TheBus and TheHandi-Van...."
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