As Election Day approaches, mayoral candidate Ben Cayetano is sending a message to college students on O‘ahu: Flexible, Affordable, Smart Transportation is what they need. Under FAST, Cayetano’s alternative to the city’s rail project, he promises to establish College Express – an express bus designed…
The goal of our transportation plan is to provide a Flexible, Affordable, Smart, Transportation system that will not jeopardize the city’s financial future.
Governor Cayetano warned that little at all has been said to educate Star Advertiser readers about BRT and advised that an incredible opportunity now exists for investing in bus transit now that President Obama has signed into law a bill which re-classifies BRT as a “fixed guideway.” if Honolulu were to act now on the new law, 80% federal funding for the project would be available as early as 2013 and the re-classification of BRT as a fixed guideway would permit the use of the 1/2 percent rail surcharge for buses originally limited only for use on rail!
In an article published in Hawaii Reporter yesterday, national writer Danny de Gracia speaks out against Kirk Caldwell’s absurd debate performance. de Gracia writes: During last night’s mayoral debate, former Honolulu managing director Kirk Caldwell sarcastically asked retired Governor Ben Cayetano whether or not he would ask…
The battle for the Oahu’s Mayor’s race is fully engaged. As expected, the opposition continues with their attacks and their “say anything, do anything” antics against Ben. Honolulu Star Advertiser columnist Richard Borreca, after interviewing former State Campaign Spending Committee Robert Watada and former commission member…
In response to Kirk Caldwell’s “questions” last week, Ben released the following statement: “If the three volumes of the $10 million 2003 Environmental Impact Statement approved by the FTA and me, as governor, which concluded that BRT was superior to rail is not specific enough,…
Traffic congestion on Oahu is getting worse – but the proposed rail system would not solve the problem. The City and the Federal Transit Administration admit this in their final EIS where they write: “traffic congestion will be worse in the future with rail than…
“Everyone loves to hate riding the bus — passengers complain about cleanliness, overcrowding, timeliness and inefficiency. In a piece for Salon.com, writer Will Doig argues that disliking the bus is “practically an American pastime,” but buses are key to improving mass transit. Doig thinks that…
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