HONOLULU —A ruling issued Thursday by federal Judge A. Wallace Tashima could have wide-ranging implications for the city’s $5.3 billion rail project. Tashima’s 45-page decision said the city failed to take into account the potential impacts of the elevated rail line to Mother Waldron Park…
by Wendell Cox 11/03/2012 According to the Hawaii Reporter, Honolulu’s rail transit project has lost a major legal test in The Federal Ninth Circuit Court, as Judge Wallace Tashima ruled in HonoluluTraffic.com v. Federal Transit Administration et al that the city of Honolulu had violated…
We’ve known it all along but now there’s iron-clad proof: The billions of dollars Kirk Caldwell wants to pour into the rail project – initially for construction and later for operating expenses – would severely erode city services and lead to widespread tax and fee…
The report reinforces what Ben Cayetano has been telling us for months; that rail will result in either a reduction of other city provided services and/or an increase in taxes or fares or a combination of these.
Dave Shapiro makes it clear PRP is conducting the mother of all pay-to-play schemes we’ve ever seen. This is a must read and must share. Click here to read the article at www.honolulustaradvertiser.com
Edinburgh Light Rail is an example of what’s in store for Honolulu. The project is now way over budget, completion schedule is pushed back 3 more years and 72% of the construction work remains to be done but only 38% of the budget is left.
City claims they “don’t have the money” to reverse unpopular service cuts to TheBus. Yet the city quietly squanders $7.2 million on yet another change order for rail while passengers endure long waits for buses to arrive, then stand in the aisles or are turned away because the buses are packed.
Ben Cayetano today sent a letter to Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle and Daniel Grabauskas, Executive Director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit, calling on them to halt construction and design work on the Honolulu Rail Project. “The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled…
What the heck is going on at the Sierra Club? By making the controversial decision to support heavy rail but not endorse a candidate in the Honolulu mayor’s race, “at least for the time being,” the club appears deeply divided and confused. Hawaii residents count…
This NEW VIDEO is a must-watch and, more importantly, must share with your friends!
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