Mass Transit Archive
| Search ends for iwi on rail line |
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Honolulu rail officials say they've completed the fieldwork on the transit project's archaeological survey, bringing them a step closer to restarting construction after a lawsuit stalled that work last year. View Full Story
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| Friday, February 08, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail contractor will brief city on finances |
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Executives of the firms awarded the largest contract in state history will update transit officials here next month on the companies' financial health as work on the city's 20-mile, $5.26 billion rail project moves forward. View Full Story
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| Friday, February 08, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| HART: Fieldwork on Honolulu rail project’s archaeological survey is finished |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has completed all of the fieldwork for the archaeological survey required before work can resume on the $5.16 billion elevated-rail mass-transit project, HART said Monday in its email newsletter. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 05, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Rail-system builders explore ways to trim energy costs |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is looking at a variety of options to control the energy costs of operating the 20-mile, elevated-rail system between Kapolei and Ala Moana, which will run on electricity. View Full Story
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| Friday, January 11, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Honolulu rail delays cost less than expected |
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Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials Thursday that said the costs of construction delays for September and October stemming from an Aug. 24 Hawaii Supreme Court were 31 percent lower than what they had anticipated. View Full Story
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| Thursday, January 10, 2013 Pacific Business News |
| Rail work can resume following judge's ruling |
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A federal judge's ruling Thursday that halts construction only in the final phase of the city's 20-mile rail project was hailed by city and rail officials who say the $5.26 billion project likely will be able to proceed without further delays.
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| Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| EIS needed for transit-oriented development in Kakaako |
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The Hawaii Community Development Authority said Wednesday that an Environmental Impact Statement is required for the Transit-Oriented Development projects for the Kakaako Community Development District. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| HART completes trench work for archaeological survey ahead of schedule |
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Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials said they have completed all of the trench work for the archaeological survey along the elevate-rail mass-transit project’s entire 20-mile route. View Full Story
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| Friday, December 21, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Federal funds for rail plan sealed in signing ceremony |
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Hawaii received a long-awaited $1.55 billion check from the U.S. Department of Transportation Wednesday, a major milestone in paying for a commuter rail line that is the largest public works project in Hawaii history meant to relieve some of the vexing congestion along the H-1 freeway. View Full Story
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| Thursday, December 20, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| $1.55B is on track |
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Honolulu's plans for a rail line gained new momentum Monday with an announcement by Hawaii's congressional delegation that the $5.26 billion train project has effectively secured $1.55 billion in federal funding. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Caldwell’s mayoral victory puts Honolulu rail project back on track |
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From the city standpoint, the election of Kirk Caldwell as Honolulu’s next mayor means that the rail transit project is back on track — never mind the federal and state lawsuits holding it up. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, November 07, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Rail work apace with cultural, design improvements |
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Building Oahu’s first urban transit system provides both the opportunity and the responsibility to do things right. While we may have missed the mark on occasion, we are increasingly working to do better, to do things with respect and by listening to Oahu’s diverse communities. View Full Story
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| Friday, November 02, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Honolulu delegation visits FTA in Washington to answer rail questions |
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A delegation including Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle and representatives from the Honolulu City Council and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation spent Thursday meeting with Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff and members of Congress to answer questions about the delays in construction of the city's $5.16 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Friday, September 21, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Where Is Honolulu Rail's Federal Funding? |
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The Honolulu rail project has fallen behind its own timetable for a federal funding guarantee, and needs to get moving soon to get a deal signed this year. View Full Story
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| Monday, September 17, 2012 Civil Beat |
| FTA officials will receive rail update from city delegation |
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Mayor Peter Carlisle will lead a delegation of top city officials to Washington, D.C., next week to reaffirm the city's support for the beleaguered $5.26 billion rail project and to brief federal officials on the Hawaii Supreme Court decision that has stopped rail construction. View Full Story
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| Saturday, September 15, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| City wants court to revisit rail construction shutdown |
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Lawyers for the city are asking the Hawaii Supreme Court to reconsider its unanimous decision that shut down construction on the city's $5.26 billion rail line. View Full Story
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| Friday, September 07, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Pacific Resource Partnership submits rail-related brief to Hawaii Supreme Court |
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The pro-rail groups Pacific Resource Partnership and Faith Action for Community Equity have filed a brief that asks the Hawaii Supreme Court to reconsider an August ruling that caused the city to stop construction on the project. View Full Story
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| Friday, September 07, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Hawaii Supreme Court gives plaintiff a week to respond to City and County of Honolulu's motion in ra |
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The Hawaii Supreme Court has given Native Hawaiian Paulette Kaleikini, the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against the Honolulu rail project, a week to respond to a motion submitted by the City and County of Honolulu that asked the state high court to reconsider its ruling. View Full Story
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| Friday, September 07, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Honolulu to Supreme Court: Keep Rail Construction Alive |
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Attorneys for Honolulu are asking the Hawaii Supreme Court to reconsider its recent ruling that effectively halted construction on the $5.26 billion Honolulu rail project and could result in millions of dollars in added costs. View Full Story
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| Thursday, September 06, 2012 Civil Beat |
| Oahu rail in the balance |
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The recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision interpreting the State Historic Preservation Division's rules will require a temporary hold on new construction for Oahu's rail project until all archaeological inventory survey (AIS) work is completed. View Full Story
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| Sunday, September 02, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Federal funding for rail still on track |
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The rail authority says federal funding is on track despite a halt to construction though it's not yet known how long the work stoppage will last or what effect it will have on the labor force. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, August 28, 2012 KHON2 |
| Rail already is generating economic benefits |
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After decades of planning, studies and environmental reviews, Oahu’s light metro rail project is well under way, and our local business community is already experiencing the economic benefits of the 20-mile rail system. View Full Story
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| Friday, August 10, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Plan to add seats on rail trains gets tentative OK |
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Adding 10 seats to each train car for the Honolulu rail system would cost an extra $1.5 million to $1.9 million total but would make travel on the 20-mile rail route more comfortable, officials with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation were told Thursday. View Full Story
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| Friday, August 10, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Work starts on Honolulu rail project's maintenance, operations facilities |
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Work on the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation's maintenance facility and operations center started this week, as Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye toured the West Oahu fields where construction of the rail transit project's concrete guideways are already underway. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Ala Moana residents can help shape rail's future in their area |
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The concept of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is to create more compact, livable, walkable communities where residents have greater access to services — walking, biking or taking a short ride on the rail. View Full Story
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| Monday, August 06, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail job creation behind schedule, but thousands to be hired |
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The amount of rail jobs is growing and rail contractors are looking to hire. With that in mind hundreds of people show up looking for career opportunities at a job fair specifically for rail and Hart maintains within two years there will be 4,000 people working on the project. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, August 01, 2012 Hawaii News Now |
| HART expects to finish rail project with $193M surplus |
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The agency in charge of building Oahu’s rail mass-transit system expects to finish the project with a $193 million surplus. View Full Story
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| Friday, July 27, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Hawaii, Honolulu, looking at growth around city’s planned rail route |
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Legislation to encourage transit-oriented development around Honolulu’s rail project may have fizzled during the last Hawaii legislative session, but the state and the city aren’t tossing in the towel on it just yet. View Full Story
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| Friday, July 27, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| HART set to receive nearly $47 million in GET collections for rail |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will receive nearly $47 million in General Excise and Use Tax (GET) revenue collected during the second quarter of 2012.
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| Friday, July 20, 2012 KHON2 |
| Sierra Club to Decide on Rail Campaign Soon |
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The Sierra Club plans to make an announcement soon on whether it will start aggressively campaigning for rail transit, Robert Harris, the Hawaii chapter's director, said Wednesday. View Full Story
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| Thursday, July 12, 2012 Civil Beat |
| Major staff cuts by HART |
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The agency overseeing Honolulu’s rail transit project has made big staff cuts. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, July 10, 2012 KHON2 |
| Transit-oriented development expert speaks on Oahu |
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Peter Calthorpe gave a presentation and answered questions at the Mission Memorial Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. He says not building rail now would cost the city more than its budgeted $5.3 billion in the long-run by putting it off. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, July 10, 2012 KHON2 |
| Inouye reiterates federal support for rail |
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Rail opponents, including mayoral candidate and former Gov. Ben Cayetano, are "misinformed" if they believe the Federal Transit Administration does not support the city's $5.26 billion project, U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye said. View Full Story
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| Friday, July 06, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| City's rail design firm buys project's overseer |
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An engineering firm with the contract to design the first three stations for the city's $5.26 billion rail project has bought a consulting firm that has a key role in overseeing the project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, July 05, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| HART chief wants more rail seats, fare gates |
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The head of the Honolulu rail project says he wants to adjust the design of the train cars to add more seats, and plans to install fare gates at all stations in a reversal of two previous decisions by the city in planning the $5.26 billion rail system. View Full Story
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| Sunday, July 01, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Sierra Club takes steps to support rail transit |
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Sierra Club, one of the state's best known environmental groups, appears ready to back the city's $5.2 billion rail transit project in what would be a major victory for rail supporters.
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| Friday, June 29, 2012 Hawaii News Now |
| Rail's start delayed in city's application for federal funding |
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The city Thursday released details of its formal application for $1.55 billion in federal funding for the Honolulu rail line, the submittal of which rail advocates described as one of the most significant milestones yet for the controversial project. View Full Story
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| Friday, June 29, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Updated Rail Finance Plan Part of Formal Federal Funding Request |
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The Honolulu rail project is now in the federal government's hands.
After years of discussions and planning, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation on Thursday said it's submitted a formal application for $1.55 billion from the Federal Transit Administration. That represents about 30 percent of construction costs from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Shopping Center.
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| Thursday, June 28, 2012 Honolulu Civil Beat |
| Rail station designs changing |
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As the Honolulu Authority of Rapid Transportation continues to tweak its financial plan, a decision has been made to change the designs of all 21 rail stations from East Kapolei to the Ala Moana Shopping Center. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, June 20, 2012 KITV4 |
| Quick-cash fund for rail OK'd |
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A bill that will make a city-backed $450 million line of credit available to the Honolulu rail project in case it needs a sudden infusion of cash was signed into law Friday by Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle. View Full Story
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| Saturday, June 16, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Pacific Resource Partnership brings pro-rail message to Washington |
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The Pacific Resource Partnership took its pro-rail message to Washington, D.C., this week when Sen. Daniel Akaka invited the union labor advocacy organization to give some of the top Democratic Party leaders more info about Honolulu’s mass-transit project. View Full Story
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| Friday, June 15, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Rail could allow city buses to be rerouted |
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Rail advocates say if Honolulu’s award-winning bus system is linked effectively with a rail mass-transit system once it’s built, the combination will have far-reaching effects that will be felt from Waikiki to the North Shore — far beyond the rail line’s actual reach. View Full Story
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| Friday, June 08, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Honolulu City Council OKs $450M for rail-project funding |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation has been given the OK to borrow as much as $450 million for Honolulu's elevated rail-transit project after the City Council approved Bill 37 Wednesday on a 7-2 vote. View Full Story
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| Thursday, June 07, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| City has much to lose if rail is halted |
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Honolulu will find itself in uncharted territory if former Gov. Ben Cayetano is elected mayor and actually cancels the city's $5.27 billion rail project. View Full Story
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| Sunday, May 27, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail Construction End Of Long Line for Permits |
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Heavy rail construction is set to begin any day now, and it's taken rail planners and contractors months to pull together all the approvals they need to get started. View Full Story
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| Monday, March 26, 2012 Honolulu Civil Beat |
| LaHood: Feds support Honolulu rail project |
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President Obama’s administration supports the Honolulu rail transit project, and “we will continue to work through whatever issues need to be worked through,” U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. View Full Story
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| Thursday, March 15, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Kiewit eager to start building Oahu's future |
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The Honolulu rail transit project reached a significant milestone in early February when it received federal approval to move into the next phase of construction. View Full Story
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| Sunday, March 11, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Honolulu tries new approach to stop rail lawsuit |
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Attorneys for the City and County of Honolulu have asked the federal court to declare that the plaintiffs in a lawsuit to stop the rail transit project lack standing to pursue some claims under a section of the Department of Transportation Act that applies to publicly owned land or historic sites. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Rail key to choice for mayor, Inouye says |
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U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye said he will support either Mayor Peter Carlisle or former city Managing Director Kirk Caldwell in the race for Honolulu mayor, based on their support for the city's $5.27 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Obama budget includes $250M for Honolulu rail |
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President Barack Obama has requested $250 million in federal funds for the Honolulu rail transit project in the 2013 fiscal year budget. View Full Story
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| Monday, February 13, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| Feds' Green Light To Heat Up Honolulu Rail Fight |
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Honolulu on Monday got a key green light from the Federal Transit Administration and could begin heavy construction on its controversial rail project within weeks — if opponents don't convince a judge to stop work before then. View Full Story
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| Monday, February 06, 2012 Honolulu Civil Beat |
| Mayor to hold $450M in credit to back rail |
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Mayor Peter Carlisle said he plans to earmark a $450 million city-backed line of credit for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to demonstrate to federal authorities that the rail project has the resources it needs to complete construction. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Pacific Resource Partnership seeks to intervene in Honolulu rail lawsuit |
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The Pacific Resource Partnership filed a motion Tuesday to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by opponents of Honolulu’s planned rail-transit system. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Pacific Business News |
| City, Hawaiian Homes to trade land |
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The city and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands are planning a land swap worth an estimated $30 million to provide the city with a site for a rail maintenance facility in Waipahu. View Full Story
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| Monday, December 26, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| City sees uptick in excise tax funds for rail |
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The gradual economic recovery is providing a bit of fiscal cheer to the planners of the Honolulu rail transit project, with tax collections from the key source of funding finally coming in higher than the city has projected. View Full Story
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| Sunday, December 25, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail car contract signed after city receives reassurance |
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Ansaldo Honolulu JV signed a $1.4 billion contract with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation for 80 rail cars on Monday. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail system contractor asserts solvency to panel |
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A joint committee of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation completed its inquiry Friday into the financial stability of selected rail contractor Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture, with a key member saying the committee had no major concerns. View Full Story
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| Saturday, November 26, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Council rejects proposal seeking second rail vote |
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The City Council quickly disposed of a proposal for another public vote on the rail transit project Wednesday. View Full Story
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| Thursday, November 03, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Consensus comes to City rail workshop in Kalihi |
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The City’s rail transit plans are among the most contentious and divisive issues Oahu residents face. But you wouldn’t have seen that at Tuesday’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) public workshop at the Farrington High School library, offered by the Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP). View Full Story
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| Thursday, October 27, 2011 The Hawaii Independent |
| Rail jobs plentiful regardless of who's counting |
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Ever since former Mayor Mufi Hannemann resurrected the idea of a Honolulu rail transit line in 2004, supporters and opponents of the project have sparred over the issue of how many jobs would be created during the construction phase of the $5.17 billion project. View Full Story
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| Monday, October 17, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail Transit Town Hall Meeting Draws Crowd |
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The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation held the first in a series of town hall meetings in Kapolei Tuesday night.
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| Wednesday, September 28, 2011 KITV4 |
| Rail is Oahu's future |
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We need to keep Oahu moving. Traffic has us snagged in gridlock and has taken a toll on our quality of life. The status quo is simply unacceptable. After decades of studies and collaborative efforts on the federal, state and local levels, we are finally on the right path with the construction of an elevated rail system. View Full Story
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| Monday, August 29, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Kapolei residents will be first to see rail system take shape |
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Kapolei will be the starting gate once the City and County of Honolulu gets the go-ahead to begin construction on the $5.3 billion elevated rail transit system. View Full Story
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| Friday, August 12, 2011 Pacific Business News |
| Buyouts Begin For Rail Project |
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The city has begun sending out checks for property owners who have agreed to sell their land to make way for rail.
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| Thursday, July 21, 2011 KITV4 |
| Federal government says it’s committed to rail plan |
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The federal government remains committed to granting $1.55 billion for Honolulu's $5.3 billion planned rail project by October of 2012. View Full Story
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| Thursday, June 23, 2011 The Maui News |
| Getting The Rail Discussion Back on Track |
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Though voters have approved it, the city has begun funding it, and preliminary construction is now underway, rail has faced numerous attacks of late as its detractors have ramped up their efforts to delay the project. Their approach involves recycling old, disproven arguments that suggest that Honolulu doesn’t need rail, ignoring demonstrated public support for the solutions that rail will provide, and trying to drive up the project’s cost by creating a legal logjam. View Full Story
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| Thursday, June 16, 2011 Honolulu Civil Beat (contributor John White) |
| $104M in rail bonds approved |
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The City Council gave its blessing to the issuance of $104 million in general obligation bonds for the rail transit system but also voted to put controls on the upcoming rail authority's budget. View Full Story
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| Saturday, June 04, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| City's poll finds majority favors rail |
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A city-commissioned poll conducted last month showed that 57 percent of people on Oahu support the $5.3 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, June 02, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail has role in housing |
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Oahu's planned mass-transit line promises relief for many commuters facing present and future traffic troubles, but the rail system also might help relieve another social ill: the lack of affordable housing. View Full Story
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| Sunday, May 15, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Bond sales for rail work get preliminary approval |
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The City Council Budget Committee approved several transit-related measures yesterday, including a proposal that authorizes the city to issue and sell general obligation bonds for the rail project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, May 05, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| City acquires first property to make way for rail |
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The City and County of Honolulu purchased its first property last month to make way for the $5.3 billion rail system from East Kapolei to Ala Moana. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, May 04, 2011 KHON2 |
| Hearing set for Surfrider’s new tower |
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A plan to replace a 60-year-old low-rise beachfront hotel property with a modern high-rise tower as part of Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts’ $700 million project goes before the zoning board of appeals this month.
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| Friday, April 08, 2011 Pacific Business News |
| Testing phase of rail project begins |
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Step one in the quest to build a rail line: digging some very deep holes. Now, six weeks after the ceremonial groundbreaking for Oahu's mass transit project, the heavy equipment is in motion in West Oahu. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, April 05, 2011 Hawaii News Now |
| Judge rejects suit challenging rail survey |
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A state judge sided with the city yesterday, dismissing a lawsuit that sought to halt the $5.5 billion rail transit project until the city completes a survey of ancient Hawaiian burial sites along the project's entire 20-mile route. View Full Story
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| Thursday, March 24, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| US Transportation Secretary in Hawaii to talk about rail |
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US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is in Hawaii tonight -- his first visit to the Islands since being appointed to the cabinet-level position by President Obama two years ago. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, March 22, 2011 KHON2 |
| City picks rail car company |
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Italy, famous for its food, architecture, and art can apparently build a pretty good train too. View Full Story
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| Monday, March 21, 2011 Hawaii News Now |
| Honolulu breaks ground on rail transit project |
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Critics say it's all for show but rail supporters see today's ceremonial rail transit groundbreaking as an important milestone. Construction on the actual tracks is still months away and there are remaining hurdles which include money and lawsuits but the mayor is brushing those concerns off.
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| Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Hawaii News Now |
| Obama budget seeks $250M for Oahu rail |
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Honolulu's planned rail system is part of President Barack Obama's $1.3 billion request for pending transit projects in his fiscal 2012 budget, which is drawing ire from top Republicans in Congress. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Rail ready to break ground |
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After decades of debate and planning, the first shovels of dirt will be turned over to make way for Honolulu's rail transit system on Feb. 22. View Full Story
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| Saturday, February 12, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Honolulu City Council approves rail permit |
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The Honolulu City Council has approved a special management area use permit for the Honolulu Rail Transit Project. The council voted 8—0 in favor of allowing the permit, which enables the city to proceed with the rail project’s construction permitting process. View Full Story
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| Thursday, January 27, 2011 Pacific Business News |
| Rail receives green light from Feds |
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Rail construction in Honolulu has received the green light.
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| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 KHON2 |
| City May Use General Funds To Build Rail |
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Honolulu Councilman Ikaika Anderson told transit officials a plan to divert federal bus subsidies in favor of rail is an “end run” against a 2007 ordinance that forbids general fund monies from being used for construction of the controversial project. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, January 12, 2011 KHON2 |
| Federal funding for Honolulu rail still questionable |
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With Republicans taking over the U.S. House of Representatives this week, federal funding for Honolulu's rail project remains a huge question mark. View Full Story
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| Monday, January 03, 2011 KHON2 |
| Getting rail funds now up to Hanabusa, Djou says |
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U.S. Rep. Charles Djou bade goodbye to Congress yesterday, saying he has no current plans to seek political office and challenging his successor to pick up where he left off in securing federal funding for Honolulu's $5.5 billion rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Saturday, January 01, 2011 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Governor signs off on review of rail |
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Gov. Neil Abercrombie's signature on the rail transit environmental impact statement once again sets wheels in motion for environmental review of the projected $5.5 billion system. View Full Story
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| Friday, December 17, 2010 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Lingle delivers financial assessment for Honolulu Rail Transit Project |
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Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle said she has sent copies of the independent financial analysis of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project to local and federal government officials. View Full Story
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| Friday, December 03, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| Abercrombie to weigh rail EIS |
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Gov.-elect Neil Abercrombie said yesterday he would not wait for an independent financial analysis to determine whether to sign the environmental impact statement on Honolulu's $5.5 billion rail project. View Full Story
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| Friday, November 05, 2010 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Carlisle: Feds still back rail project |
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The Federal Transit Administration's support of Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion rail project remains unchanged, Mayor Peter Carlisle said after completing a recent trip to Washington, D.C., to assure officials that his new administration remained committed to completing the project.
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| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Inouye: Honolulu's rail system gets $35M in federal funding |
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Hawaii will receive more than $38 million in federal funds for transportation projects, including $35 million to fund preliminary engineering for the city’s elevated rail system, Sen. Daniel Inouye announced Tuesday. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| Group says Lingle is stalling rail |
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On the steps of the state Capitol, Go Rail Go used signs with slogans and short speeches to blast Gov. Linda Lingle for not signing the Environmental Impact Statement that could get rail rolling. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Partners in place for rail project bidders |
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The City and County of Honolulu could announce as early as Sept. 15 the name of the firm that will build and operate the trains for the city’s $5.5 billion elevated rail transit system. View Full Story
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| Friday, September 03, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| Study says rail could bring over 120,000 jobs |
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A new study released today says the rail transit program could bring in thousands of jobs. View Full Story
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| Thursday, September 02, 2010 KHON2 |
| Inouye renews rail warning |
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U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye used a workshop on Rail Transit to re-state that Federal funding is in jeopardy unless the project moves ahead. He said $1.55 billion isn't a guarantee-in-waiting. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Inouye begs Lingle to sign EIS for rail transit |
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Hawaii’s senior senator is imploring Governor Linda Lingle to get behind rail transit, or risk losing more than $1.5 billion in federal money. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, August 25, 2010 KHON2 |
| Local firms pursue rail partners |
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At least a half-dozen Hawaii companies already are known to be partnering with corporations that have won initial contracts for the Honolulu rail transit system or are competing for future work. View Full Story
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| Friday, August 13, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers wins rail transit design contract |
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The city of Honolulu has awarded a $5.5 million design contract for three rail transit stations to HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers.
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| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| Senate committee approves $55 million for Honolulu's rail transit project |
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The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $55 million in federal funding for Honolulu's rail transit project. View Full Story
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| Monday, July 26, 2010 KHON2 |
| Hannemann says rail on sound financial footing |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann lashed out Friday at critics of the City's $5.3 billion rail transit system, saying the project's financial plan is on sound footing. View Full Story
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| Friday, July 16, 2010 KHON2 |
| City makes $195M deal for train depot |
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The city announced yesterday that a joint venture between Kiewit Pacific Co. and Albert C. Kobayashi Inc. has been awarded a $195 million contract to build a train depot for Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion elevated commuter rail line. View Full Story
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| Friday, June 25, 2010 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Mayor: Rail contract coming in below budget |
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Another contract has been awarded for Oahu's rail transit, and so far Honolulu's mayor says all deals have been under estimated costs. View Full Story
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| Thursday, June 24, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Federal Transit Administration approves EIS for Oahu's $5B rail project |
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The Federal Transit Administration has approved the final environmental impact statement for Oahu's rail transit project, but the document must be signed by Gov. Linda Lingle before ground can be broken on the $5 billion project.
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| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Pacific Business News |
| Final study for rail line gets feds' OK |
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A final environmental study of Honolulu's planned 20-mile, elevated commuter rail line picked up a key federal endorsement and now goes to Gov. Linda Lingle for her review. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Honolulu Star Advertiser |
| Hannemann: rail clears another hurdle |
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The Federal Transit Administration has approved the plans for Honolulu's rail project. View Full Story
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| Monday, June 14, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| City Begins Soil Sampling for Elevated Rail System |
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Near Waipahu High School crews began closing off a portion of Farrington Highway to begin the task of testing where Honolulu's rail route might go.
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| Friday, May 28, 2010 KHON2 |
| City says rail tax revenue just shy of revised target |
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Transit tax revenues are totaling 99.6 percent of the city's lowered goals, the city said yesterday. View Full Story
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| Thursday, May 20, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu rail-transit schedule slips again |
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Hope that recent delays in the timeline of the city's proposed rail project would quickly be resolved are giving way to the realization that construction probably won't begin anytime soon. View Full Story
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| Saturday, February 27, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Lingle tells feds her administration will do separate rail analysis |
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Gov. Linda Lingle, in Washington, D.C., for the National Governors Association's annual winter meeting, told Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood that her administration plans to conduct a separate financial analysis of the city's plans for a rail system. View Full Story
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| Sunday, February 21, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Jobs created by rail project would help whole state |
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The mayor's Feb. 10 update on the rail project and how it affects jobs, the economy and our island's future hit on several key points that are important not only to our industry, but for future generations of our people. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Star Bulletin |
| Oahu needs rail — for jobs, for family and for economy |
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Many of us have become concerned that the Honolulu rail project is grinding to a halt. View Full Story
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| Friday, February 12, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Mayor challenges Lingle on rail EIS |
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann took his message across the street yesterday, staging a forum at the state Capitol to update the public on the status of the city's rail transit project and again urge Gov. Linda Lingle to expeditiously sign off on the project. View Full Story
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| Thursday, February 11, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Hawaii representatives urge governor to accept final EIS for rail project |
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Thirty-nine state representatives today sent a letter to Gov. Linda Lingle urging her to promptly review and accept the final environmental impact statement for the city's rail project. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Feds' rail boost reassuring |
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The city's plans for building an elevated rail transit line from Kapolei to Ala Moana have received a major boost by the Obama administration's initial funding. View Full Story
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| Thursday, February 04, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| U.S. budget includes rail funds |
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The Federal Transit Administration has included funding for the Honolulu rail system in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2011 budget, in anticipation of the rail plan's clearing environmental review. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail plan gets $55M in Federal Transit Authority budget |
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The Federal Transit Administration gave Honolulu a $55 million vote of confidence yesterday in the city's planned commuter rail line from East Kapolei to Ala Moana. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, February 03, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Feds Expect To Give $1.55 Billion For Rail |
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Rail supporters got an unexpected jolt of positive news Tuesday morning from Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff, who said Honolulu should expect $1.55 billion from the federal government to help build a $5.3 billion train from East Kapolei to Ala Moana. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 KHON2 |
| Feds award $55 million for rail |
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Do you know how many states would love to hear what we heard today? This is unbelievable, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann said. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| FTA commits $1.55 billion to pay for Honolulu rail system |
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The Federal Transit Administration this morning said it plans to sign an agreement before October 2011 that will provide $1.55 billion in federal funds to pay for Honolulu's elevated commuter rail project. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, February 02, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail Transit Project Will Receive Another 5 Million Towards Preliminary Engineering |
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Tomorrow the federal government will announce funding recommendations for new and existing transit projects across the country. View Full Story
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| Monday, February 01, 2010 KHON2 |
| Pointless rail spat wastes public resources |
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The only way the mayor and the governor seem to communicate these days is through dueling media gatherings. View Full Story
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| Monday, February 01, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu rail would be safer at ground level, AIA contends |
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Whether they run on an elevated guideway or on city streets, trains are by far a safer way to travel than automobiles. View Full Story
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| Sunday, January 31, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Governor, mayor at odds over financing for rail |
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The city's plans for rail transit are based on financial assumptions that are too shaky to proceed without more study, says Gov. Linda Lingle. View Full Story
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| Friday, January 29, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Lingle review of Honolulu rail plan could delay start |
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The start of construction on Honolulu's planned $5.3 billion commuter rail project could be delayed several months as Gov. Linda Lingle examines details of the city's financial plan which she said appear "shaky at best." View Full Story
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| Friday, January 29, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Many Job Opportunities in Rail, Says Sumitomo-led Team |
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We've met some very talented contractors who are excited about the project and our approach to working on Hawaii's first Automated Train Operating System, said Gino Antoniello, Vice President of Transportation Systems and Equipment for Sumitomo Corporation of America. View Full Story
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| Friday, January 29, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Views on rail funding questioned |
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Two City Council members say they want to know why Gov. Linda Lingle says federal officials are wary of the financial plan for Oahu's proposed rail system and Mayor Mufi Hannemann says it is on track. View Full Story
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| Thursday, January 28, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Lingle Wants Independent Financial Review On Rail |
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Gov. Linda Lingle says she wants an independent financial review of the city's rail project. She says financial concerns of the federal government must be satisfied before she'll sign off on the environmental review. View Full Story
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| Thursday, January 28, 2010 KHON2 |
| Hannemann contends Lingle opposes rail |
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In the latest verbal salvo over the city's planned transit system, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said yesterday he believes Gov. Linda Lingle opposes a rail system despite her insistence to the contrary. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Mayor cites cost of rail delay |
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Delaying Honolulu's plan-ned elevated commuter rail project could cost the city an additional $200 million a year, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said yesterday. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, January 27, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Mayor Hannemann on Governor Lingle: "I believe she's ani-rail" |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann was highly critical of governor Lingle Tuesday saying she is anti-rail. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 KHON2 |
| Navy and FAA questions linger on rail route |
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Time is money and changing the rail plan now would cost the city big-time. That's the mayor's message to critics as he pleads for patience on the still-unfinished environmental impact statement. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Elevated system best deal for taxpayers |
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The question is not whether a street-level rail system works for Barcelona; it's whether such a system will work for Honolulu. On that score, the arguments for an at-grade train come up less than convincing. View Full Story
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| Sunday, January 24, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu sales-tax surcharge for rail has brough in $510M so far |
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A state tax to pay for Honolulu's planned elevated commuter train raised $510 million during its first three years. View Full Story
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| Saturday, January 23, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Elevated rail called good as 'gold' |
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City officials yesterday held their second news conference this week in support of building an all-elevated commuter rail line in Honolulu.
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| Friday, January 22, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Funding rail won't hurt buses |
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann told federal transportation officials in Washington, D.C., this week that the city's planned commuter rail project will not compromise bus service in Honolulu.
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| Thursday, January 21, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Lingle not sold on elevated project |
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Gov. Linda Lingle said yesterday she is worried whether Honolulu will be able to afford to pay for and operate a proposed elevated rail system and that she has heard similar views expressed by the Federal Transit Administration.
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| Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Public Reacts to Both Sides of Rail Issue |
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The event drew strong responses on both sides of the issue. Elevated rail advocates turned out in force to counter the criticism of the city's plan. Meanwhile the governor says the event opened eyes about problems with the city's plan.
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 KHON2 |
| Architects Make Case For Street-Level Rail Plan |
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The governor held a forum Monday so Hawaii architects could make their case for putting more of Oahu's $5 billion rail transit project on the ground instead of elevated on concrete.
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 KITV4 |
| City pushes to keep its elevated-rail plan |
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A day before a group of architects is supposed to push for alternatives to Honolulu's fully elevated rail plan, the city brought together its own transportation experts to counter that push, arguing an elevated line should move ahead as planned.
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit ex-directors support elevated rail |
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Several former state and city transportation directors announced their support for a proposed elevated rail system on Oahu, including Gov. Linda Lingle's former transportation director, Rodney Haraga. View Full Story
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| City delays rail again, Governor worried about cost |
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A fight is brewing between the state and City of Honolulu and it's over the rail transit project. The city announced Monday groundbreaking is delayed another couple months because the final environmental impact statement still isn't ready.
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Former DOT directors don't want Lingle to stall rail |
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Hoping to avoid "paralysis by analysis," a group of former transportation directors are urging Governor Linda Lingle not to hold up the Honolulu Rail Project.
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| Sunday, January 17, 2010 Hawaii News Now |
| Rail Supporters Criticize Governor's Stance on Elevated Rail Plan |
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Rail supporters Sunday criticized Governor Linda Lingle for standing in the way of the elevated rail plan. They want her to accept the final Environmental Impact Study, but the governor is critical of the city's approach.
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| Sunday, January 17, 2010 KHON2 |
| Elevated rail is best choice |
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Persuaded by architects who have questioned the city's rail transit plans for the past two years, Gov. Linda Lingle has arranged for a public meeting to rally opposition to the project. Her threat to reject an environmental impact statement could delay progress on the much-needed transit and deserves the strong response by Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
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| Thursday, January 14, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail project architects defend plan for elevated route |
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A group of architects who have worked on Honolulu 's planned rail project yesterday said they support plans to build the $5.3 billion train on an elevated guideway.
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| Wednesday, January 13, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Time for silent majority to step up on rail |
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It smells like politics on the rail transit front. This latest twist — Gov. Linda Lingle's decision to open the Capitol auditorium to hold a forum on an alternative to the elevated rail system next week — is not the right move.
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| Tuesday, January 12, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Stop Rail Now appeal rejected |
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Opponents of Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion rail transit project suffered a legal setback last week. The Hawai'i Intermediate Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a Circuit Court decision that prevented the nonprofit group from placing an anti-rail ordinance on the November 2008 general election ballot. The group had hoped that a successful appeal would result in a special election asking voters whether "Honolulu mass transit shall not include trains or rail."
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| Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Hearings need strict environmental focus |
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The public hearings planned on the environmental impact of Honolulu's planned mass-transit system could be a productive way to make sure the city is poised to do all it can to mitigate these effects on O'ahu.
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| Tuesday, January 05, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Failed anti-rail effort reveals Charter flaw |
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A Hawaii appeals court has upheld a former city clerk's blocking of a ballot measure challenging construction of the rail transit between Kapolei and Ala Moana. While opposition to the worthwhile project will continue, the ruling should continue the momentum toward this year's beginning of construction.
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| Monday, January 04, 2010 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail behind schedule, with construction start unclear |
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Construction on Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion elevated train was to have begun in 2009. It didn't. Now the city has to sort out whether this initial delay is a minor setback or a sign that the state's biggest public works project may be in trouble.
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| Sunday, January 03, 2010 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Council must clear way for transit agency |
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The City Council has another chance to do what it failed to do more than a year ago: Take the first step toward placing the management of the city's rail project in the hands of the best equipped professionals.
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| Monday, December 14, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Kiewit offered city 'best value' |
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Competition for the biggest contract yet on Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion rail transit project apparently wasn't even close. The city awarded Kiewit Pacific Co. the nearly $483 million deal in late October based on an evaluation of a five-member panel. View Full Story
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| Sunday, December 13, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Lingle must keep rail review well focused |
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The public needs to watch carefully as the final Environmental Impact Statement on Honolulu's planned elevated rail system arrives on Gov. Linda Lingle's desk — its last stop locally before moving on for the final federal review.
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| Sunday, December 06, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit authority on track |
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City Council members yesterday all but finalized the framework for a proposed transit authority that would oversee design, construction and operation of Honolulu's planned commuter rail line.
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| Thursday, December 03, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail transit: Elevated train promises Honolulu a better future |
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Now that the federal government has allowed the Honolulu rail transit project to enter preliminary design, long-suffering Ewa-side residents know that construction will start in just months.
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| Tuesday, December 01, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Rail gets no-strike promise |
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Contractors working on Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion train project will be required to provide workers with union-type benefits, under an agreement announced yesterday by Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City signs $483M rail contract |
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A deal signed yesterday to get the city's $5.3 billion rail project rolling means that the general excise tax money raised for the project is off-limits to state legislators trying to plug Hawaii's $1 billion budget gap, according to Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| $5.5B Rail Project Closer To Groundbreaking |
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Oahu's $5.5 billion rail transit project is another step closer to its groundbreaking. The city Tuesday signed formal agreement to begin construction on the first six miles of the project and the mayor announced 12 of private sector labor unions have signed an agreement to prevent strikes and job disruptions during construction of the 20-mile rail system. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 KITV4 |
| Mayor announces major developments on Honolulu rail project |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is going full steam ahead with three major rail announcements. But opponents say not so fast. They say stopping rail is now beyond a public opinion issue, they say it's become a legal issue.
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Hawaii News Now |
| City, unions agree on deal for rail project |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced Tuesday that the city has reached an agreement with 12 labor unions that guarantees no work slowdowns or strikes on the proposed $5.5 billion Oahu rail system.
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Pacific Business News |
| Business leaders believe rail will be beneficial |
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann's State of the Rail address was a very timely reminder that Oahu's rail transit project is critical to Oahu and the entire state of Hawaii.
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| Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail project raises company's profile |
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Kiewit Pacific Co. finally got its piece of a Honolulu rapid transit project — it just took nearly two decades. Last month, the city awarded Kiewit a $482.9 million contract to build the first third of the planned 20-mile elevated rail line. It was the first construction contract awarded in the $5.5 billion project.
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| Monday, November 02, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit briefing shows project's promise |
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In what was billed as a "State of the Rail" address, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann recapped the 40-year history of trying to bring rail to fruition for Honolulu commuters. View Full Story
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| Sunday, November 01, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| 30-day rail delay a minor matter, Hannemann says |
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While the expected December groundbreaking for the city's $5.3 billion rail transit project is being pushed back by a month, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann says he does not see it as a setback.
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| Friday, October 30, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Mayor Willing To Delay Rail's Groundbreaking |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann told a television audience expected to number 75,000 that he’s willing to delay groundbreaking on the city’s $5.4 billion rail transit system until January.
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| Friday, October 30, 2009 KHON2 |
| Honolulu mayor willing to delay start of rail project |
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann's announcement yesterday that he will push back the start date for construction of the planned $5.5 billion commuter rail line coincided with word that one federal agency and one state agency are not ready to sign off on the project.
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| Friday, October 30, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Keep light shining on rail |
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The City Council assigned the city auditor last year to examine contracts with a longtime city contractor for work on the rail transit system, but he has found nothing improper. To the contrary, auditor Leslie Tanaka found compliance with federal, state and city requirements, which should satisfy Council members.
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Rail delayed, project still needs final EIS |
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Groundbreaking on the Honolulu rail transit was just two months away but today Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced that's been delayed until at least late January.
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 Hawaii News Now |
| Text: Hannemann's State Of Transit Address |
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Now this is a commute: Riding in air-conditioned comfort. It’s quiet, quick, and always on time . . . and traveling above traffic. Wow, look at this fantastic view!
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 KITV4 |
| Council OKs rail resolutions |
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The City Council yesterday passed three resolutions the city needs if it's going to begin construction on a planned $5.5 billion rail transit project in December.
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail 'programmatic' agreement OK'd |
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The City Council has given its approval for the city to sign an agreement with the federal Department of Transportation over how to address the discovery of burials and other cultural artifacts during the building of the $5.3 billion rail transit project.
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| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail faces key vote |
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The City Council today is scheduled to vote on whether to allow the city administration to sign an agreement creating a framework to address the impacts of the rail project on historical resources.
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| More transparency needed with rail contracts, audit finds |
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Three contracts to hire consultants for the city's rail transit project were in compliance with all applicable laws, but the city needs to provide more documentation and oversight to ensure transparency and public confidence as the project advances, according to an auditor's report.
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail audit urges openness |
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The city needs to improve the way it documents commuter rail contract awards to improve transparency and public confidence in the project, according to a study by city auditor Les Tanaka. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu City Council addresses rail's impact on historic sites |
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The Honolulu City Council voted Tuesday to allow the city administration to enter into an agreement to address the impact Honolulu's rail transit project will have on historic sites.
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| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Hawaii News Now |
| Keep moving on rail |
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Longtime critics of a rail transit system for Honolulu are warning Mayor Mufi Hannemann to go slow in building it, but prompt action is warranted to help Hawaii's economy and keep costs down. The mayor indicates that steps have been taken to keep punctual progress from backfiring on taxpayers.
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| Monday, October 26, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Cost savings, job creation a win for taxpayers |
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There's been little, if any, good news these days when it comes to the economy. So it's encouraging to hear the latest news surrounding the city's $5.5 billion rail-transit project: The city awarded the contract for the first phase of the project — at a cost savings of $90 million.
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| Sunday, October 25, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| 1st Honolulu rail contract goes to Kiewit Pacific at $483M |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann yesterday awarded the first construction contract for the city's planned $5.5 billion elevated commuter rail line.
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| Thursday, October 22, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu awards first construction contract for rail-transit project |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced today that Kiewit Pacific Company was awarded the design-build contract for construction of the first segment of Honolulu's rail-transit project and that it will save the city $90 million.
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City Chooses Contractor For Transit |
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Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann on Wednesday announced the city has chosen Kiewit Pacific Co. as the contractor for the first phase of Oahu's $5.3 billion rail transit project.
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 KITV4 |
| City awards $483 million contract for first phase of rail project |
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The city has awarded its first major rail transit construction contract -- $483 million for the first six miles -- to Kiewit Pacific Co., Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced late this morning.
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Kiewit wins $483M Oahu rail contract |
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Kapolei-based Kiewit Pacific Co. has been awarded a $482.9 million contract for the first phase of construction for the Honolulu rail transit project.
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Pacific Business News |
| Rail project's first phase comes in under budget |
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The biggest capital construction project in state history gains steam. The City and County of Honolulu awards the construction of the first phase of the Honolulu rail transit project. And Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann says it will shake up Hawaii's economy.
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| Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Hawaii News Now |
| Council must stay the course on rail plans |
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The city's $5.3 billion rail project, its largest-ever investment in public works, has passed a critical juncture this week, with federal authorities flashing a green light for preliminary engineering work to begin.
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail seems to be on track |
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Honolulu's plan for a 20-mile elevated rail transit system between Kapolei and Ala Moana has reached an encouraging benchmark that should provide momentum for the city to break ground on the project by the end of this year. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Rail project gets federal OK |
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The Federal Transit Administration has given its approval for the city to begin preliminary engineering on the proposed $5.3 billion rail transit project, U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye's office announced.
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail gets federal OK |
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Honolulu's proposed $5.5 billion elevated commuter train project won a key endorsement from the federal government yesterday.
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu's Rail Transit Project Gets Green Light From Feds |
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The Honolulu Rail Transit Project reached a major milestone today. The Federal Transit Administration has given the project the green light to enter the preliminary engineering phase.
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 KHON2 |
| Honolulu Mass Transit Receives Federal Approval |
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Honolulu's Mass Transit plans have hit a milestone. Today, Hawaii's congressional delegation announced the project was approved by federal overseers, and has entered the Preliminary Engineering phase.
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 KGMB9 |
| Feds Approve Next Phase For Transit |
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The Federal Transit Administration approved a key step for Honolulu's rail transit system, Sen. Daniel Inouye's office and the city announced on Monday.
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 KITV4 |
| Feds OK Honolulu rail engineering plan |
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The Federal Transit Administration has approved Honolulu’s application to enter the preliminary engineering phase of its proposed rail transit system.
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| Monday, October 12, 2009 Pacific Business News |
| Hawaii rail transit faces tight schedule |
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It's crunch time for the Honolulu commuter rail project. In just over two months, the city plans to begin construction on its new $5.5 billion elevated train system.
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| Sunday, October 11, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Hearing sought on rail plan |
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Five City Council members are pushing for a public hearing on an alternative rail plan given to the city by the Kamehameha Schools.
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| Friday, October 02, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Oahu will benefit from rail, but make sure it's elevated |
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Since speaking at the Honolulu Rail Transit Symposium earlier this summer, I have closely followed the progress of Honolulu's elevated rail system. It has been exciting to watch your community steadily move forward to groundbreaking for your rail system and an investment that will pay returns for generations.
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| Thursday, October 01, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Honolulu rail funding shortfall shrinks in city's latest estimate |
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The city's latest financial plan for the East Kapolei to Ala Moana commuter rail line anticipates a $360 million shortfall in tax collections. View Full Story
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| Thursday, October 01, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit Center gets rolling |
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Kalihi yesterday for a new bus facility. The city will relocate TheBus headquarters to the new $8.2 million Middle Street Transit Center at Middle Street and Kamehameha Highway. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Ground broken for new transit facility |
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City officials broke ground yesterday morning on an $8.2 million transit center at Middle Street. Expected to open in October 2010, it will serve as one of the bus system's main transfer hubs and will eventually link commuters to O'ahu's planned rail transit line.
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| Tuesday, September 29, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| New Bus Transit Stop on Middle Street |
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The city of Honolulu broke ground Monday on a new bus transit stop. The Middle Street Center will house facilities for passenger dropoffs and transfers as well as a bus service center and a security office.
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 KGMB9 |
| New Transit Center Part Of Mayor's Vision |
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The City and County of Honolulu broke ground Monday on a new Middle Street Transit Center on the outskirts of Kalihi.
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| Monday, September 28, 2009 KHON2 |
| Let's move off the dime, and on with rail |
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Honolulu has wasted so many years ruminating over rail transit that there's no need to dither further before coming to the point: It's time to take off the wheel blocks and get rolling with this thing.
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| Sunday, September 27, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Senate Approves $60 Million for Hawaii Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Projects |
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U.S. Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel K. Inouye announced today that the full Senate approved $60,550,000 million in funding for various transportation, housing and urban development initiatives in Hawaii.
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| Friday, September 18, 2009 Hawaii RealEstateRama |
| Honolulu officials balk at alternative rail plan |
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An alternative rail plan advanced by Kamehameha Schools could save money in the short-term but would create safety, traffic and other problems, according to the city. Hawai'i's largest private landowner recently commissioned a study that estimated the commuter rail project's $5.3 billion price tag could be cut by $1.7 billion by building about half of the planned 20-mile elevated train line at ground level.
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| Wednesday, September 16, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City Responds to KSBE Transit Report |
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It's not too late to change the rail transit plan, that's the message from Kamehameha Schools; although the City's planners disagree.
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| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 KGMB9 |
| Transit tax brings in record $17.5 million for August |
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Transit tax collections jumped to nearly $17.5 million last month following a change in excise tax deadlines, according to the state Department of Taxation. View Full Story
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| Monday, September 14, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail transit could cost less than projected |
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Proposals for the first phase of the rail transit project appear to be below budget estimates, forecasting a possible savings of hundreds of millions when the $5 billion system is completed.
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| Monday, August 31, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Revenue forecast may hinder rail funding |
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A reduction in projected state tax revenues for this year could further hamper collections needed to build Honolulu's planned commuter rail system.
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| Friday, August 28, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City criticized for not revealing potential shortfall in rail funding |
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City transportation Director Wayne Yoshioka yesterday faced mounting criticism over the city's decision to withhold an unfavorable financial report on Honolulu's planned commuter rail project from the City Council and the public.
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| Friday, August 21, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City's statement in response to questions about rail funding |
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In response to media inquiries, the Department of Transportation Services issued the following statement about a misleading and irresponsible article that appeared in (Thursday's) edition of The Honolulu Advertiser regarding funding for the city's rail transit project.
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| Friday, August 21, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| City estimated that Oahu rail funding may fall $500M short |
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In a May 1 report, the city said transit-tax revenue will fall an estimated $500 million short of what is needed to complete the proposed $5.3 billion elevated commuter rail line from East Kapolei to Ala Moana.
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| Thursday, August 20, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Report Shows Potential Money Problems for Rail |
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Transit transperancy; that's the cry from city council members who believe the city withheld information about a potential half a billion dollar shortfall for Oahu's $5.3 billion rail system. The city says the numbers are misrepresented. The details of the money problems come from a report obtained by rail opponents and then given to KGMB9.
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| Thursday, August 20, 2009 KGMB9 |
| City should have released rail deficit numbers, two councilmembers say |
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City officials should have been forthcoming about a $500 million shortfall over the city's plans for a commuter rail project, two key City Councilmen said this afternoon. City Council chairman Todd Apo and Councilman Charles Djou were unhappy that city officials did not release a May 1 draft report to them, but said the project should move forward. View Full Story
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| Thursday, August 20, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Stimulus funds boost rail transit engineering |
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The city has been awarded more than $40 million in federal stimulus funds for transportation projects, including $4 million for preliminary engineering work on the initial segment of the $5.29 billion rail project.
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| Friday, August 14, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| $40 Million for Rail and Buses in Honolulu |
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Honolulu will receive more than $40 million to buy 20 new buses, build transit facilities and conduct preliminary engineering for a segment of the rail transit project, U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye announced today.
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| Thursday, August 13, 2009 KGMB9 |
| Mayor Reports More Federal Money Coming to Honolulu |
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann today applauded U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye’s success in earmarking $40 million in funding for Honolulu’s rail transit project for the coming federal fiscal year.
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| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 The City and County of Honolulu |
| Report has rail cost up $117M |
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The city's more than $5 billion rail transit project is sufficiently developed in scope, schedule and budget and should proceed to the next step, according to a federal report Mayor Mufi Hannemann released yesterday. Hannemann said the report proves the project is fiscally sound and on track to break ground by the end of this year.
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| Friday, July 24, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Fed's Studey Say Oahu Transit Project Reasonable |
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City officials on Thursday said a federal study found that Honolulu's rail transit project has a realistic and price tag. The federal government is giving the city $1.2 billion for rail transit, so it hired a third-party firm from Texas to analyze the city's rail plan.
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| Thursday, July 23, 2009 KITV4 |
| Hannemann: Mass Transit may Cost Less than Expected |
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Honolulu mayor Mufi Hannemann says the city's mass transit system may cost less than originally expected. A new report submitted to the Federal Transit Administration shows the recommended cost to build the rail system is $145 million less than previously indicated in the draft EIS.
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| Thursday, July 23, 2009 KHON2 |
| Federal agency finds rail plan sound, city officials say |
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City officials yesterday said a report from the Federal Transit Administration independently confirms that the rail project's costs and project schedule are sound.
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| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Honolulu rail project enters new phase |
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Honolulu’s rail transit project is set to enter its preliminary engineering phase. The city has applied to enter the phase and expects a decision shortly from the Federal Transit Administration. Preliniary engineering will further define the ril project's engineering and design features.
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Pacific Business News |
| Honolulu rail project enters new phase |
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Honolulu’s rail transit project is set to enter its preliminary engineering phase. City officials said the approval came Tuesday in an oversight report by the Federal Transit Administration.
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| Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Pacific Business News |
| Transit tax behind schedule |
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Honolulu transit tax collections fell about 5 percent to an estimated $160.9 million in the past 12 months as the local economy weakened. Collections had been expected to rise 11 percent to $188 million but wound up $27.1 million lower than forecast.
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| Friday, July 10, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| 3 bidding for Oahu rail |
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Two major train suppliers have pulled out of the running to provide vehicles and systems for Honolulu's planned rapid transit system. That leaves three companies competing for the estimated $230 million city contract scheduled to be awarded next year. View Full Story
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| Monday, July 06, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Proceed, albeit with caution, on elevated rail |
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Honolulu architects have criticized the elevated rail transit system planned between Ala Moana and Kapolei, citing new light-rail, street-level systems such as the one in Phoenix as a less expensive and less obtrusive alternative. Their argument is not convincing, even to the head of the Phoenix Metro system, and Oahu should proceed with the elevated system, however cautiously.
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| Friday, June 26, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Potential bidders attend rail symposium |
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At least three teams are lobbying to supply the vehicles and systems for Honolulu's planned commuter rail system. One of the teams aiming to land the estimated $250 million contract is led by Sumitomo Corporation of America.
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| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit tax take still lags |
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Honolulu's transit tax collections rebounded 10 percent in May to $14.9 million compared with a year ago. However, the city will need to collect a net $41 million this month or face a shortfall in collections for this fiscal year.
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| Monday, June 22, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Expert says elevated rail is best choice for Oahu |
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A former government official in Canada who helped to build the Vancouver SkyTrain said he thinks Honolulu is making the right decision in developing an elevated rail system.
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| Saturday, June 20, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| City seeks bids on rail facility |
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City officials have launched a search for a contractor to build a maintenance and storage facility for Honolulu's planned $5.4 billion elevated commuter train.
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| Thursday, June 04, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Architects Unveil Sketches for Waipahu Rail Stations |
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Rail project architects incorporated 225 public comments and came up with a design for the three-story Waipahu Transit Center station. View Full Story
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| Wednesday, June 03, 2009 KGMB 9 News |
| Rail EIS nearing completion |
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Waipahu resident Romeo Garcia said he sees the city's proposed 20-mile rail transit system as a benefit to his community, where many rely upon buses to get to work in downtown Honolulu and Waikiki. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| New law opens up possibilities near rail transit stations |
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A bill that would permit new land uses around rail transit stations was signed into law yesterday by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
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| Thursday, March 26, 2009 Honolulu Star Bulletin |
| Rail ridership in U.S. a 'good sign' for Hawaii |
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Ridership on recently opened Mainland commuter trains is outstripping expectations, which could be a positive sign for Honolulu's planned $5.4 billion elevated commuter train. View Full Story
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| Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Affordable housing crucial to transit stops |
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Long-term success of mass transit depends on creating desired development along the transit system. Successful transit-oriented development (TOD) in Dallas, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and San Jose ensures ridership that makes transit work and provides good examples for Honolulu to follow.
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| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Three rail-transit hubs in Kapolei proposed |
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The city has tentatively identified three spots as locations for Transit-Oriented Development hubs in the soon-to-be-bustling East Kapolei region for the $5.4 billion commuter rail line.
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| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| New rail route OK'd |
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The City Council approved a bill yesterday that diverts the intended route of the city's $4 billion rail-transit system to the airport, angering residents who wanted the line to go through Salt Lake. View Full Story
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| Thursday, January 29, 2009 Honolulu Star Bulletin |
| Rail will bring a better future |
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One of the most critical choices that we have to make on Election Day is whether to approve the city's rail-transit system. View Full Story
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| Friday, October 31, 2008 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Rail will help Oahu’s economy get back on track |
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Here in Hawaii, unemployment rates are climbing. Energy prices remain stratospheric. Tourism numbers are collapsing. Retirement portfolios and homes are losing value. Economists and leaders tell us that we’re facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
It’s no wonder that people are asking whether we can still afford a mass transit system even with its promise to improve our quality of life.
I feel we can’t afford not to invest in rail. And I’m not alone.
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| Friday, October 24, 2008 Pacific Business News |
| Projects along Hawaii rail route stay the course despite economy |
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The slowing national economy and real estate downturn have raised concern that developments planned near train stations along Honolulu's proposed $3.7 billion elevated commuter rail line could be delayed or canceled.
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| Sunday, October 19, 2008 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Transit allows communities to control future growth |
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Much of the recent public discussion on Honolulu's transit system has been focused on "transportation alternatives" to address traffic and congestion problems. In comparison, three cities with successful transit systems (Vancouver, Portland and Denver) approached the implementation of rail transit not as a transportation alternative, but as a tool for "growth management." View Full Story
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| Sunday, October 19, 2008 Honolulu Star Bulletin |
| Another rail poll, similar results |
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Nearly three out of five registered voters surveyed favor building a rail system in Honolulu, according to a recent poll.
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| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 The Honolulu Advertiser |
| Our future rides on big-picture thinking |
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When City Council members meet tomorrow for final reading of Bill 79, they will be doing more than selecting a mass-transit option and route. They will be setting a course for Honolulu's social and economic future that will last well into the 21st century.
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| Thursday, December 21, 2006 The Honolulu Advertiser |
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