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Friday, May 13, 2022 |
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Honolulu Rail: $9.9 Billion to Go Nowhere
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 3632 Views :: Rail
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... HART now says it will cost $9.9 billion to not finish its rail project by 2031 ....
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Thursday, May 12, 2022 |
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'Good Questions' still bedevil Honolulu rail
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:08 PM :: 2363 Views :: Rail
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... Iwasa has valuable insights into the operations of the rail project because she also is a non-voting member of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation ....
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Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
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Archegos -Theranos - Honolulu Rail: The Price of Lying
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:14 PM :: 3257 Views :: Ethics, Rail
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... What do these three multi billion dollar failures have in common? ....
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Wednesday, March 23, 2022 |
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HART: Recovery Plan Does Not Exist (yet)
By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 PM :: 2790 Views :: Rail
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..."We submitted a Recovery Plan to the FTA, proposing to amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement" (not quite) ....
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022 |
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State of the City: Blangiardi Announces Latest Scheme to Get Rail Money Withheld by Feds
By Video @ 7:23 PM :: 5285 Views :: Honolulu County, Homelessness, Rail, COVID-19
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"...We submitted a Recovery Plan to the FTA, proposing to amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement to the following scope: 18.75 miles/19 stations through Downtown, to the Civic Center Station, which is 1.25 miles and 2 stations short of Ala Moana Center...."
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Friday, March 11, 2022 |
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Blangiardi meets with FTA to discuss Honolulu Rail Project
By News Release @ 2:14 AM :: 3538 Views :: Rail
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... Mayor Blangiardi said, “Even though this was a very quick turn-around trip for me, the time I spent with the Administrator was well worth the trip" ....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
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Blangiardi Appoints Sheet Metal Union Boss to HART Board
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 3815 Views :: Honolulu County, Labor, Rail
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"...Art’s management background at Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Workers Local Union 293 and his experience on the Planning Commission make him the perfect candidate...."
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Friday, January 21, 2022 |
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Honolulu Rate Commission seeks input on TheBus, HandiVan fare changes
By News Release @ 5:29 PM :: 3161 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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... The Honolulu Rate Commission will be taking public testimony on proposed fare policy changes affecting TheBus and TheHandi-Van at its January 24th and February 8th meetings ....
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022 |
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New Ethics Comm Exec Director a Pro-Rail Corporate Lawyer and Lobbyist
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 3732 Views :: Environment, Ethics, Rail
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... Ethics Commission Chair Melinda Wood stated: “Mr. Harris has the right mix of public policy, litigation, and managerial experience to excel in this role." ....
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Sunday, December 19, 2021 |
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NYT Looks at Honolulu Rail: Why U.S. Infrastructure Is So Expensive
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 PM :: 4316 Views :: Rail
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... Using the Honolulu rail project as an example, the New York Times wants to know why so many infrastructure projects suffer from such large cost overruns ....
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Sunday, December 19, 2021 |
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The New County TAT Earmarks Aren’t the Real Problem
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3091 Views :: Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... these debates are meaningless ....
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021 |
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Blangiardi signs bill to recover lost Transient Accommodations Tax revenue and give it to Rail
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 3661 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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...Translation: The Legislature took the counties' share of the state TAT away but let them impose their own TAT. I'm giving it to rail -- so, in effect, other city services have been cut to fund rail but -- like a shell game -- with so many moving parts, the public has been deceived....
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Friday, December 3, 2021 |
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Oahu's new 'tourism tax' will affect residents, too
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:19 PM :: 3740 Views :: Rail, Taxes, Tourism
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... projected revenues from the tax fall short of what the project needs to cover its budget shortfalls ....
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021 |
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Lost Opportunity: Schatz Secures Extension Of $493 Million Honolulu Rail Funding Grant In Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
By News Release @ 5:08 AM :: 3954 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Rail
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... in yet another failure of leadership, Schatz misses an opportunity to put the rail nightmare behind us ....
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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 :: 3823 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 :: 1330 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 :: 4123 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 :: 3951 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 :: 3557 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 :: 3018 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 :: 4123 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 :: 4108 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 :: 5034 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 :: 3212 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 :: 2586 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 :: 3355 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 :: 5847 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 :: 4914 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 :: 2954 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 :: 3410 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 :: 3170 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 :: 3556 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 :: 3171 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 :: 3310 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 :: 4032 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 :: 4272 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 :: 5014 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 :: 18393 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 :: 3975 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 :: 3829 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 :: 2986 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 :: 5356 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 :: 2864 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 :: 4875 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 :: 3664 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 :: 2765 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 :: 4320 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 :: 5634 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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