Rail

...Key votes on the city rail transit project and other issues might be invalidated because Honolulu City Council members failed to disclose conflicts of interest after being wined and dined by lobbyists....

...Hoopili’s traffic impact will be immense with or without rail....

...HART is throwing out three bids for the first nine stations in the city’s $5.16 billion rail transit project....

Cliff Garcia operates Tropical Lamps & Shades on land his family has owned in the Kakaako district near downtown Honolulu for the past 70 years....

...Waihe‘e also contracted Dennis Dwyer for a total of $1.3 million dollars to be Kana‘iolowalu’s federal lobbyist....

September 14, 2011: "The city initially claimed that rail would create 17,000 new jobs during the construction phase..."

...Judge Chen found that all of the union members' allegations regarding the Hawaiian Stabilization Fund involve state-law causes of action over which the federal court has no jurisdiction....

...6 p.m., August 27, in the Washington Middle School Cafeteria....

These nine stations are the relatively easy ones to build... A couple of them are in empty fields....

...Rail boss Grabauskas blames "red hot" construction market for rail cost overruns, but....

... News Release from PRP Frontgroup "Forward Progress" ....

Unless the State elects a Republican to represent its needs and projects, Hawaii’s current all-Democrat delegation will have no seat in the majority caucus where decisions are made....

"We now have collected nearly $1.3 billion in surcharge revenue for rail construction...."

...we identified significant public and private infrastructure projects that are “on the books” over the next 20 years....

...a Request for Qualifications seeking a master developer for the future mixed-income redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes....

The workshop is set for Tuesday, July 22, at the Aliamanu Elementary School Cafeteria, 3265 Salt Lake Boulevard, from 5:30-7:30 p.m....

...acquiring properties in Honolulu to build Oahu's rail transit system could involve 'judicious' use of eminent domain....

...Cayetano had claimed PRP's ad campaign tarnished his reputation by unfairly portraying him as corrupt for accepting about $500,000 in illegal campaign contributions during the Democrat's narrow re-election victory over Linda Lingle....

...we have built 100 columns, about 130 foundations and have just put up the first segments of our guideway....

Honolulu is building a 20-mile elevated rail line that costs well over twice as much as the average light rail. Yet those lines will be limited to little (or no) more than light-rail capacities....

...1,500 residential units in five towers will be the city’s first catalytic Transit Oriented Development project along the rail route....

Flashback 2012: "Members, Donors Threaten to Resign as Sierra Club Oahu Group Votes to Back Rail"

...while older residents age 65+ comprise 13.7 percent of our population, they accounted for nearly 42 percent of pedestrian fatalities across Hawaii....

Over the last several years, the Ethics Commission has faced an increase in complaints of unethical conduct by these individuals....

The half-percent GET surcharge for Oahu, which by law can only be used for Honolulu's rail system, began in January 2007 and is set to expire at the end of 2022....

...designed to bring large prime contractors together with local companies, and to provide the latest information about upcoming construction contracts....

...developing an Affordable Housing Strategy for Oahu.....

The answer comes quickly in the introduction of this well-researched article in The Atlantic Cities....

The Atlantic Cities magazine published a condensed analysis of seven main reasons that explain why U.S infrastructure project cost more than elsewhere....

Under an agreement announced on March 17, AnsaldoBreda will take back all 16 V250s ordered by NS and return €125m to the operator....

Mr. Thornton notes that the decision is one "of national importance for transit and highway projects" because....

...Judge A. Wallace Teshima’s truly final order in the case: the Order on Objection to Notice of Compliance, which coincidentally (or perhaps not) was issued on the same day (February 18, 2014) as the Ninth Circuit opinion....

HART video shows design for rail stations from Aloha Stadium to Kapolei.

...the panel held that the FTA and the City did not go wrong when it did not adopt the "Managed Lanes Alternative" or the "bus rapid transit" alternative....

...what was left of Ansaldo Breda would turn into a "bad company" to be gradually liquidated....

The “Nirvana” of a transit-, walking-, and cycling-oriented metropolitan area proves to be no Nirvana at all.... 

The meeting to discuss the East Kapolei and UH-West Oahu rail stations is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Kapolei Middle School....

Perry Artates, a former Maui Hawaiian Homeland commissioner and prominent labor leader, will spend 45 days in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud case that left a Maui family homeless....

...HART came into existence in July, 2012...detailed records related to HART’s predecessor were not readily available during our audit....

My first transportation wish for 2014: Hawaii needs a motorcycle helmet law....

"With Pro-Rail Candidates Having Won the Primary Election, 55-to-45 Percent, the Project's Public Involvement Team Obviously Has Been Doing Its Job"

HART had issued an “Art-In Transit Call for Artists,” seeking proposals from artists for art at future rail stations....

Law imposing a one-year moratorium on HCDA approval of new projects that renews automatically....

The $46.1 million five-year contract awarded to CH2M Hill, Inc. covers oversight support for design review, scheduling and cost estimating, environmental and planning and interface management....

...one must ask whether the 'mistake' is intended to cover up some violation of Federal requirements attached to the $83M....

...regions that spend more money on transit seem to grow slower than regions that spend less....