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| Transportation Nominee Tells Schatz He’d Keep Rail On Track |
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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, President Barack Obama’s nominee for transportation secretary, told Sen. Brian Schatz he’d keep Honolulu’s rail project on track if he were to be confirmed, Schatz’s office said. View Full Story
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| Thursday, May 16, 2013 Honolulu Civil Beat |
| Rail authority seeking artwork for stations and facilities |
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City officials put out the call Tuesday for prospective artists looking to create original, Hawaiian-themed artwork for Honolulu’s future rail transit system. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Has Honolulu transit tax gone off the rail? |
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Most of Honolulu’s multibillion-dollar rail project will be paid for by a half-percent surcharge on top of general excise tax for goods and services on Oahu. But is that money going where it’s supposed to, and are all businesses even complying with the payments in the first place? View Full Story
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 KHON2 |
| Rail in better financial shape |
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Honolulu rail officials reported a third-quarter turnaround Thursday on how much cash the massive project is collecting. They also offered a rosier forecast for how much its yearlong construction delay will cost. View Full Story
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| Friday, May 03, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| D.C. trip affirms city's commitment to rail |
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City leaders looking to keep the Honolulu rail project's federal funding on track met Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with top Obama transportation officials and the members of Congress whose continued support they'll need. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| HART CEO seeks cash-flow clarity |
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A lag in processing tax returns led to Honolulu's rail project receiving $33 million less than it anticipated in the first half of this fiscal year — even though state GET collections are up this year, state Department of Taxation officials say. View Full Story
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| Sunday, April 14, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Grabauskas: Supplemental EIS for Honolulu rail project completed |
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Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials told PBN this week that they have finished a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the city’s $5.16 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Friday, April 12, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| TheBus and rail transit consolidation to be considered |
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The rail and TheBus are teaming up to find the best ways to integrate the two transit systems which could save money but also cut positions. View Full Story
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 Hawaii News Now |
| Schatz: Hawaii has support in Senate for federal funding |
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U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz says Hawaii has support in the Senate for continued funding of federal initiatives supported by the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, including Honolulu's $5.16 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, April 04, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Honolulu rail agency approves funding for more seats on train cars |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation on Thursday approved funding for additional passenger seats on the train cars for the city’s elevated-rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, March 21, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Sequestration might sap rail funding in 2013, Schatz finds |
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The deep spending cuts coming out of Washington, D.C., known as sequestration could mean a reduction in federal dollars spent this year on Honolulu's elevated rail project, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said Tuesday. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| FTA releases another $67.5M in funding for Honolulu rail project |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation said Friday that it has received $67.5 million of an expected $1.55 billion in federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration for the $5.16 billion Honolulu rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Friday, March 08, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Ansaldo to continue its rail work; unveils images of train cars |
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Honolulu transit officials cleared the way today for Ansaldo Honolulu JV to continue its work on the train’s operating system and rail cars, despite recent financial and legal woes from the venture’s parent company, Finmeccanica. View Full Story
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| Thursday, March 07, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Honolulu rail agency confident of $1.55B in funding, despite sequestration threat |
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The looming federal spending cuts were on the minds of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s board of directors Thursday, and with the project slated to receive $1.55 billion in federal money, who can blame them for having some concerns. View Full Story
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| Thursday, February 28, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| AECOM wins $43.9M design contract for Honolulu rail project's final leg |
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AECOM Technical Services Inc. said Wednesday that it has been awarded a $43.9 million contract from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to design the 3.9-mile final segment of the $5.16 billion Honolulu rail transit project that runs through Downtown Honolulu to Ala Moana Center. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Rail could drive development for Kakaako, Ala Moana area |
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More high-rise residential towers, pedestrian bridges crossing over busy intersections and underused lots becoming commercial properties are all part of what transit-oriented development could look like in Kakaako and around Ala Moana Center, where the last stations for Honolulu’s planned elevated-rail system will be built. View Full Story
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| Friday, February 22, 2013 Pacific Business News |
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