Coverage of transportation issues in Hawaii, including the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.
The funding comes in the form of two grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation Discretionary Grant Program. Read more
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation would like to acquire by eminent domain five private properties along the rail corridor as construction of the nearly $10-billion Skyline proceeds toward Kakaako. Read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a request for community comments Wednesday, while confirming receipt of proposals from Mokulele Airlines and Pacific Air Charters Inc. Read more
Seven floating cranes, 10 tugboats, nine barges, eight salvage vessels and five Coast Guard boats are on site in the water southeast of Baltimore. Read more
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s board of directors Friday approved resolutions to acquire by eminent domain five different properties along the rail corridor as construction continues toward Kakaako. Read more
United Flight 433 left San Francisco at 10:20 a.m. and landed at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in Medford, Ore., shortly before noon. Read more
Boeing issued a brief statement vowing, as it has many times, to support the investigation. Read more
Major U.S. cities have integrated aspects of the safety program, including some form of daylighting, the term for the removal of parking spaces near intersections to improve visibility. Read more
A call to scrap a previously sought top-down internal review of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation was postponed this week. Read more
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Plans to scrap a previously sought top-down internal review of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation are expected for review today. Read more
The Boeing 787-9s are more fuel-efficient, capable of traveling greater distances. Read more
Petitions to formally contest the state’s pending three-year contract with Secure Parking Hawaii LLC to manage and enforce public stalls at Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor have been denied. Read more
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the troubles opening Skyline on June 30 are mirrored by other major projects around the country. Read more
Requests to formally contest a pending parking contract over management of coveted stalls at the state- controlled Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor are being recommended for rejection. Read more
Adopted by the City Council in January, Bill 40 is meant to provide up to $10,000 in grant funding to eligible businesses that opened prior to Jan. 1, 2022. Read more
On Dec. 2, the boards for both carriers approved Alaska Airlines’ purchase of Hawaiian in a $1.9 billion deal, which includes $900 million in Hawaiian debt. Read more
The cause of the illness has not been confirmed but officials said the symptoms and spread appear to be similar to norovirus. Read more
A plan to scrap a previously sought top-down internal review of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is underway. Read more
Due to ongoing rail-related construction along Dillingham Boulevard, the Honolulu City Council supports a plan to give financial assistance to eligible small businesses struggling to stay open. Read more
A critical hurdle to getting a long-awaited injection of cash for Honolulu’s lumbering rail project was crossed Wednesday when the Honolulu City Council signed off on its end of an agreement for federal funding. Read more
A Honolulu City Council measure meant to give financial aid to eligible small businesses grappling with plummeting revenues due to rail-related construction has garnered little support from the city’s administration. Read more
