Hawaiian Airlines stock soars after Alaska Air buyout deal
The combined Alaska-Hawaiian entity would capture more than 50% of Hawaii’s airline market, Alaska executives said in an investor presentation. Read more
Transportation
Coverage of transportation issues in Hawaii, including the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.
Hawaiian agrees to be bought by Alaska Airlines in $1.9B deal
Peter Ingram, Hawaiian Airlines’ president and CEO, and Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said the new company will maintain and burnish the separate brands of both airlines. Read more
HART OKs federal agreement to fund rail
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s board of directors Wednesday approved a federal plan to fund the city rail line’s ongoing construction to a planned station in Kakaako. Read more
Plan for shorter Skyline wins OK for federal funding
A federal agency helping pay for Honolulu’s rail system has agreed to release funding it has been withholding over concerns about past city handling of the grossly delayed and over-budget project. Read more
Kalakaua Avenue Bridge in ‘poor’ condition, city says
A nearly 100-year-old bridge built over the Ala Wai Canal will undergo significant repairs over the coming year, the city says. Read more
State proposes Waiahole bridge substitute
The replacement proposal comes following structural deficiencies on the bridge, which is located on Kamehameha Highway in Waiahole Valley, south of Waiahole Valley Road. Read more
HART board approves eminent domain filing for Kalihi property
The rail agency’s planned condemnation of property at 1829 Dillingham Blvd. also will force a nearly 60-year-old business to relocate. Read more
Massive fire closes major Los Angeles interstate near downtown
Over 160 firefighters from more than two dozen companies responded to the blaze, which spread across 8 acres and burned for three hours. Read more
Hearing canceled over Ala Wai harbor parking
Opponents claiming a state-level agency intends to end free recreational parking at the popular, state-controlled Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor hoped to make their voices heard at an official meeting today. Read more
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Rally, hearing set over Ala Wai harbor parking
A public rally will be held today to protest what many believe is a state-level action to do away with free recreational parking at the popular, state-controlled Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor. Read more
‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden touts $16B for passenger rail projects
The money comes from the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law that Biden signed nearly two years ago. Read more
Contractor provides update to Skyline’s ‘airport’ segment
The joint venture company with an $875 million contract to build the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s elevated rail and stations from areas east of Halawa to Kalihi detailed its ongoing efforts this week. Read more
Glitch gives time to Honolulu parking meter users
City officials say that roughly 200 parking meters, from Waikiki to Chinatown, were granting extra time to paying users of devices originally intended to limit on-street parking on public thoroughfares. Read more
Lawsuit-generating Palolo roadway reopens
Over a period of years, a Palolo Valley neighborhood reportedly suffered a slow but inexorable underground landslide that caused its roads to buckle, its hills to erode, its houses to slide, its waterlines to break and burst, and its retaining walls to crack and crash into neighboring properties. Read more
Biden administration announces $1.4B for rail in 35 states
Railroad safety has become a key concern nationwide ever since a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. Read more
High-speed trains begin making trip between Orlando and Miami
The company is charging single riders $158 round-trip for business class and $298 for first class, with families and groups able to buy four round-trip tickets for $398. Read more
State agency disputes HART CEO’s comments over delays
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs officials pushed back on assertions that state-level licensing delays were causing delays in the Honolulu rail project’s construction to Kakaako. Read more
Rail line about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
It’s a $5 billion bet Brightline’s owner is making, believing that eventually, 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 235-mile trip between the state’s biggest tourist hubs. Read more
Amendments made to parking limits bill
A City Council committee has approved amendments to a proposed measure to make permanent a years-long program to restrict parking in Kalihi Valley — including a proposed fee structure with fixed, annual permit fees. Read more
Council stalls on Kalihi parking limits
A measure to make permanent a years-long program to restrict parking on Kalihi Valley streets has stalled. Read more
Honolulu City Council proposal seeks to help state collect unpaid traffic fines
The requested joint collection effort comes with a catch: that delinquent fines collected from Oahu’s traffic violators be retained and deposited into Honolulu’s over $2.3 billion general fund. Read more
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