Entries for 'Panos Prevedouros PhD'

... Now that the rail has opened, what are the top three indicators that proved you were right? ....

... Honolulu rail is not alone ....

... What do these three multi billion dollar failures have in common? ....

... Enough electric generating capacity ....

... Then on August 3 came devastating confirmation from a respected FTA agent ....

... An island state without ferries but more than enough "environmentalists" ....

... If you’re vaccinated, Covid presents a minuscule risk to you, and you present a minuscule Covid risk to anyone else ....

...The anti-mask rhetoric has become absurd: We all know that decades of use of masks by doctors, nurses and the Japanese did not asphyxiate them, and did not turn them into communist peons or face covering Muslims....

...there is no such thing as non-essential business when it comes to generating jobs and taxes for the state....

...Hawaii's governor has taken caution and conservatism to an unusual level....

...How many people will be willing to use a mode of transportation where others breathe, sneeze and cough 2-3 feet from their face....

...some specific steps to re-open sectors of our local economy at specific dates given the tiny rate of infections and hospitalizations in Hawaii....

...New cases will peak at the very end of April....

...Next mayor will have mountains of problems, but a mere molehill of money to pay for them....

...Their only "survival" option is to downsize by a factor of at least 10....

...For decades now, the young ones have heard this message loud and clear....

...Natural Gas rich Reno, NV is waaaay cleaner than Honolulu....

...In some locales it generates more crashes as many motorists make early and sudden stops at the onset of the yellow light....

...24 hours later, at 9 AM on January 2, the video had 278,000 views and about 1,300 Likes....

...Fast forward two years ... Rail is nowhere near Middle Street, yet utility work past Middle Street has been authorized....

...Panos Prevedouros, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, estimates that it will cost at least $13 billion....

...Cycling lanes consume more space than they free up, add to pollution and drain the public purse....

...HART rail is being built one segment at a time by a single builder, instead of having, say 4 builders building 5 miles each, simultaneously....

...but it helps generate more 'sea level rise' photos....

.... CITYLAB --formerly Atlantic Cities-- covers the Honolulu rail boondoggle ....

... HART's current cost overrun is 93.4%, of which 1% is due to the two lawsuits ....

...the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros....

...the system knows the driver's exact route, his speed compliance and provides ratings for his braking and cornering performance. Too much info in the hands of the government....

The Legislature should not approve any extensions of the GET and it should pass a bill directing the city to handle current and future deficits with its own resources. This offers hope for some accountability and cost containment....

This is an interesting and useful result of an unofficial public-private partnership....

Drive-alone remains the choice of slightly over three-fourths of all commuters....

An average family of five would have to pay more than $1,000 per year just to complete rail....

Despite that heavy spending, Hawaii’s roads are the worst in the U.S. for urban pavement conditions ....

...if UH started school at 9 a.m. instead of 7:30, 5,000 cars could be eliminated from the morning rush....

"In the future they can be aggressive. In other words, they can be tailgating each other to save a lot of space. But in the early stages this is not going to happen...."

...A well managed arterial street should have at least a 7:3 green-to-red ratio--Honolulu has the opposite....

...and we haven't seen the half of it yet....

...extreme weather events can wash out portion of coastal highways.  This has happened several times on Oahu....

...make lemonade with the lemons that you bought....

This is the latest picture of the first four rail cars that are “expected to arrive this Spring”....

On a per-capita basis, this will be the nation’s largest infrastructure fiasco....

2004: Newly elected Mayor Hannemann asserts that 34 miles of rail will cost $2.7 Billion....

...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....

...what will the train’s power bill be for decades to come?....

It’s social engineering: getting people out of their soulless single-family suburban homes....

Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong Discuss Honolulu's Rail....

Hawaii is shown to have the 4th worst pedestrian accident rate in the nation....

Last week one of my students asked why rail projects don't get stopped....

Paper and cardboard should go to H-Power....

"It must always be remembered how cost-effectiveness works in the public sector: the cost is the benefit."