Honolulu rail transit system to enter service on June 30
Passengers will be able to board at 2 p.m. on June 30, for free, and tour any of the nine stations that will be open for service and hop on any train. Read more
Transportation
Coverage of transportation issues in Hawaii, including the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.
Rail officials OK move to seize family parcel in Kalihi
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s board of directors voted Thursday to approve Resolution 4, which notifies the City Council of the rail agency’s intent to seize by eminent domain the property at 1829 Dillingham Blvd., despite its owners’ objections. Read more
Honolulu airport TSA stops man with knife taped to his leg
TSA said it will review the circumstances of each incident and levy civil penalties against the travelers. Read more
Vegas-to-California high-speed train gets bipartisan backing
The concept of building a bullet train through the Mojave Desert dates to at least 2005 under various names. Read more
Honolulu rail safety plans include security cameras, patrols
A federally mandated rail safety plan identifying the city Department of Transportation Services as the final responsible party for the coming rail system has rolled toward official approval. Read more
Rail will open in July, HART CEO confirms
Lori Kahikina, executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, confirmed that the city’s nearly $10 billion rail line will open for public ridership in July. Read more
VIDEO: HART CEO Lori Kahikina joins ‘Spotlight Hawaii’
HART CEO Lori Kahikina joined the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream show today at 10:30 a.m. to answer viewer questions. Read more
Eminent domain of property in Kalihi sought to finish rail
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation says to complete the nearly $10 billion rail project as designed, it must move toward the condemnation of an industrially zoned property in Kalihi. Read more
Council panel approves Honolulu’s rail safety plan
The City Council’s Committee on Transportation voted unanimously Tuesday to report for adoption a federally mandated rail safety plan that identifies the city’s transit agency as the final responsible party of the rail system, which is still under construction by the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. Read more
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City readies for opening of Kapolei to stadium rail segment
The Honolulu Department of Transportation Services is gearing up to take over the coming rail line this year — handling ridership, fares and bolstering the system’s security. Read more
4 rail stations in project’s airport segment expected to be done by year’s end
The joint venture company that nearly seven years ago got an $875 million Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation contract to build elevated rail and stations from areas east of Halawa to Kalihi outlined its efforts this week. Read more
HART board seeks ninth voting member
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board of directors is looking for applicants to fill its ninth voting-member position for a five-year term starting July 1. Read more
FAA issues safety alert after runway near misses
In recent months, planes came unnervingly close on runways in New York, Texas, Boston, Honolulu, Florida and Virginia. Read more
Vote on Biden’s pick to run FAA delayed amid GOP opposition
The FAA administrator is not a cabinet-level job, but Republicans have turned the nomination into a high-profile contest with Biden and Senate Democrats. Read more
Mayor Rick Blangiardi kicks off town hall series in Ewa
Dozens of people attended the meeting to speak with the mayor and roughly 30 employees representing most of the City & County of Honolulu’s executive branch departments. Read more
Kokua Line: Will Pali Highway resurfacing ever be finished?
Question: Has the state given up on the Pali Highway Resurfacing Project? Some lanes are not smooth, especially on the Honolulu side of the tunnel coming over from the Kailua side. Read more
Editorial: Bus links critical to opening of rail
It’s just four months away, hard as that is to believe. And Honolulu wants to believe what Mayor Rick Blangiardi and his transit team promise for the long-stalled rail project — that it will start becoming useful in July. Read more
Mayor Blangiardi vows to address city’s ‘wicked problems’
During his State of the City address, Blangiardi said he was committed to easing homelessness, reducing traffic through better-coordinated signal lights, and overhauling the city’s troubled Department of Planning and Permitting. Read more
Security checkpoint at Hilo Airport has reopened, easing lines
The second checkpoint reopened this afternoon, but it took about an hour for operations to return to normal. Read more
HART proposes $108.9 million operating budget for fiscal 2024
Two transit agencies involved in the construction or future operation and maintenance of the city’s nearly $10-billion rail line detailed Tuesday their budgetary goals for next fiscal year. Read more
Officials warn of more traffic during Honolulu rail work
For years to come in Iwilei and Kalihi, expect traffic to snarl more than usual and construction noise day and night as the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and its contractor work to relocate utility infrastructure above and below two major thoroughfares in the build-out of the city’s nearly $10 billion rail system. Read more
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