Glitch gives time to Honolulu parking meter users

• By Ian Bauer
• Oct. 17, 2023

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

• By Ian Bauer
• Oct. 4, 2023

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

• By Associated Press
• Sept. 25, 2023

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

• By Associated Press
• Sept. 22, 2023

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

• By Ian Bauer
• Sept. 22, 2023

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

• By Terry Spencer and Daniel Kozin / Associated Press
• Sept. 21, 2023

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

• By Ian Bauer
• Sept. 19, 2023

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

• By Ian Bauer
• Sept. 16, 2023

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

• By Ian Bauer
• Sept. 15, 2023

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

City fix for meters puts an end to free parking spaces

• By Ian Bauer
• Sept. 14, 2023

The city is nearing its goal of installing about 4,200 4G-enabled parking meters across urban Honolulu, from Chinatown to Waikiki, by the end of this year. Read more

Alaska Airlines promotes Daniel Chun to regional vice president for Hawaii

• By Allison Schaefers
• Aug. 30, 2023

Chun’s new role makes him the senior executive in Hawaii for Alaska Airlines, which now operates the most flights between Hawaii and the West Coast. Read more

HART still waiting for $125 million

• By Ian Bauer
• Aug. 19, 2023

The amendment relates to HART’s “temporary reduction of the project,” which sees construction of the project only to a Civic Center station in Kakaako. Read more

Misbehaving students top reason bus drivers quit

• By Esme M. Infante
• Aug. 14, 2023

While officials have often said that low pay and the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a severe shortage of bus drivers for Hawaii public schools, a top official at the state Department of Education says the “No. 1 reason” drivers are leaving their jobs in droves actually is student misbehavior. Read more

Woman, 34, dies after crashing vehicle into utility pole in Nanakuli

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Aug. 12, 2023

Police said it appears speed may be a factor in the crash Read more

City sells $271M in general obligation bonds

• By Ian Bauer
• Aug. 12, 2023

Honolulu sold $271 million in general obligation bonds this week to subsidize its 2024 capital improvement program as well as the ongoing construction of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s rail project, the city announced Thursday. Read more

Public transit commute sheds light on suspended school bus routes

• By Esme M. Infante
• Aug. 9, 2023

When parent complaints and questions began pouring into state Rep. Trish La Chica’s office about the state suspending bus routes at 14 Hawaii public schools two weeks before school started, she says she felt frustrated that she had few immediate answers or solutions to offer. Read more

Honolulu plans $257.1 million CIP, rail bond sale

• By Ian Bauer
• Aug. 8, 2023

Honolulu plans to sell $257.1 million in general obligation bonds to subsidize its 2024 capital improvement program as well as the ongoing construction of the Hono­lulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s rail project. Read more

Maui airport briefly closes due to brush fire

• By Andrew Gomes
• Aug. 4, 2023