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					| Thursday, August 31, 2017 |  
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								|  | Rail: FTA is open to shortening the route By Honolulu Traffic @ 6:57 PM :: 7775 Views  ::  Ethics,  Rail,  Taxes
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														| ...FTA is complicit.  That’s why it is likely to approve a Plan B that stops at Middle Street.... |  
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					| Thursday, August 24, 2017 |  
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								|  | Keep Traffic Jammed: Rail FEIS Shows Plans for Lane-Elimination By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:23 PM :: 5405 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ...buried in one of the technical reports that are referenced and made part of the FEIS so you would not be able to say they didn’t tell you.... |  
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					| Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |  
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								|  | Some reasons why the HART Board does not want to do a forensic audit By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:25 PM :: 6413 Views  ::  Ethics,  Rail
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														| ...a number of allegedly flagrant violations of the law including the following.... |  
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					| Monday, March 27, 2017 |  
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								|  | Here's why rail is going to cost $12 to $13 billion By Honolulu Traffic @ 11:27 PM :: 6585 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ...this project started with a rock solid $5.3 billion projection cost.... |  
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					| Thursday, October 17, 2013 |  
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								|  | Rail: Judge Tashima Must Rule on Beretania Street Tunnel By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:00 PM :: 5833 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Judge Tashima still has to rule on whether the Beretania Street Tunnel is a viable alternative.... |  
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					| Saturday, October 5, 2013 |  
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								|  | Rail Burns Thru $256M in 12 months with no Construction By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:39 AM :: 4988 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Of that amount $166 million was for professional services and that was likely all for Parsons Brinckerhoff.... |  
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					| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 |  
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								|  | Watch Honolulu Rail Appeal Live From SF 11AM Thursday By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:18 PM :: 4717 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Ninth Circuit Appeals Court hearing will last about one hour or less.... |  
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					| Monday, August 12, 2013 |  
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								|  | Rail: The remaining issues still before Judge Tashima By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:11 PM :: 5216 Views  ::  Rail
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														| the Judge ruled that the FTA and the City undertake the following.... |  
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					| Thursday, July 25, 2013 |  
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								|  | Full Text: Stop Rail Files Comments on Rail DSEIS By Honolulu Traffic @ 4:19 PM :: 4912 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Comments were required to be filed by July 22 .... |  
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					| Saturday, July 13, 2013 |  
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								|  | July 22 Deadline for Rail EIS Comments By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:13 PM :: 6455 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Written comments must be received by July 22, 2013 or postmarked by that date.... |  
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					| Thursday, July 11, 2013 |  
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								|  | Stop Rail Files Final Reply to FTA By Honolulu Traffic @ 9:55 PM :: 6203 Views  ::  Rail
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														| This is an excellent summary of our appeal and why the District Court's decision was in error.... |  
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					| Tuesday, June 25, 2013 |  
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								|  | Honolulu Traffic: Most ‘Lane-Deficient’ City in USA By Honolulu Traffic @ 12:10 AM :: 6833 Views  ::  Development,  Rail
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														| Adding more density will cause the central road network to seize....  |  
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					| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |  
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								|  | Stop Rail Appeal Hearing Set for August 15 By Honolulu Traffic @ 7:48 PM :: 5673 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set August 15, 2013 as the date for oral arguments in our appeal of Judge A. Wallace Tashima's rulings.... |  
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					| Tuesday, June 4, 2013 |  
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								|  | HART releases Supplemental EIS in response to court order By Honolulu Traffic @ 11:47 PM :: 5021 Views  ::  Rail
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														| A public hearing will be held July 9, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.at the Blaisdell Center Hawaii Suites.... |  
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					| Sunday, May 26, 2013 |  
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								|  | So you don’t think Stop Rail Appeal has a Chance? By Honolulu Traffic @ 9:07 PM :: 6130 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Here’s what you need to know about our appeal.... |  
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					| Thursday, May 16, 2013 |  
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								|  | Full Text: Rail Appeal Challenges Failure to Consider Bus Rapid Transit By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:04 PM :: 5961 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ...a new and honestly conducted alternatives analysis would never result in the selection of elevated heavy rail.... |  
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					| Sunday, January 13, 2013 |  
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								|  | Rail Transit Under Fire in Los Angeles and San Jose By Honolulu Traffic @ 2:24 PM :: 7910 Views  ::  National News,  Rail
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														| L.A. County MTA "spends almost twice as much on rail to carry about one-fourth as many passengers" as its buses do.... |  
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					| Monday, December 10, 2012 |  
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								|  | Rail: Final Federal Court Hearing This Wednesday By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:08 PM :: 6225 Views  ::  Rail
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														| Our federal lawsuit will have what is most probably its final hearing before Judge A. Wallace Tashima this coming Wednesday, December 12, at 10:00AM in the Federal Courthouse.... |  
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					| Wednesday, October 3, 2012 |  
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								|  | Rail: Star-Advertiser Editorial Just a Yoshioka Mouthpiece By Honolulu Traffic @ 12:03 AM :: 8566 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| There is always a massive difference between whether the Star Advertiser's management likes an idea or a candidate, or not, and if not then their editorials are unreasonably unfair.... |  
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					| Wednesday, August 22, 2012 |  
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								|  | Slater: Pro Rail Attorneys All Over the Place With Irrelevancies By Honolulu Traffic @ 11:06 PM :: 7945 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| At one point I was expecting them to bring up Hirono's Mother. |  
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					| Sunday, July 22, 2012 |  
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								|  | Sierra Club Rail Position: Incompetent, Disturbing By Honolulu Traffic @ 5:50 PM :: 8183 Views  ::  Rail
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														| "This is really disturbing to hear, and so incorrect. You have no idea what you are talking about." |  
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					| Friday, July 20, 2012 |  
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								|  | "Save Our Honolulu" Fundraiser to Support Rail Litigation By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:32 AM :: 8886 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| We are raising money to help fund our lawsuit to keep the heavy rail elevated train out of downtown Honolulu.... |  
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					| Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |  
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								|  | Did HART Secretly Pay Off Advertiser Editor? By Honolulu Traffic @ 4:30 PM :: 10254 Views  ::  Ethics,  Rail
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														| ...five accounts in the listing are shown as, “Not reported.” Jeanne Mariani-Belding, former editorial page editor of the Advertiser is one....  |  
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					| Friday, June 29, 2012 |  
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								|  | New Rail Financial Plan Boosts Operating Cost to $6 Billion, Delays Opening By Honolulu Traffic @ 3:09 PM :: 9416 Views  ::  Rail
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														| ...the operating subsidy for transit has been increased by $600 million over the next 18 years to a total of $6 billion dollars.... |  
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					| Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |  
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								|  | FULL TEXT: Final Motion for Summary Judgment in Rail Suit By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:54 PM :: 8420 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| "We responded to every single one of the arguments in their 300-some pages of briefing." |  
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					| Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |  
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								|  | Rail will use more energy than buses or autos By Honolulu Traffic @ 10:52 PM :: 7741 Views  ::  Maui County,  Education K-12
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														| ...years ago rail was the low energy user and today it has morphed into being a relatively high energy user.... |  
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					| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |  
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								|  | June 30 Deadline: Rail Funding Depends on New Transportation Bill By Honolulu Traffic @ 1:59 AM :: 9857 Views  ::  Energy,  Environment,  National News,  Ethics
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														| Here's Transportation Daily's view on the last minute efforts by Congress to craft an acceptable new Transportation Bill.... |  
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					| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 |  
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								|  | Rail: Full Funding Grant Agreement Requires Bus Cuts By Honolulu Traffic @ 12:43 AM :: 8391 Views  ::  Energy,  Environment
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														| You can find the real reason for bus service reductions in the FTA’s rather grudging letter granting acceptance of the City/HART’s rail project into the Final Design process.... |  
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