$1.75M approved to install more seats in rail cars

By Marcel Honoré

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 23, 2013

~~<p>Board members overseeing Honolulu's elevated rail project approved $1.75 million in spending Thursday to add more seats to each rail car, after private consultants hired by the federal government previously voiced concerns that without more seats people might be reluctant to use the system.</p>
<p>Those dollars, approved by the rail oversight and finance committees, will pay for 800 additional seats — outfitting each two-car train with 96 seats, according to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, a semiautonomous agency responsible for completing the $5.26 billion rail project.</p>
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Board members overseeing Honolulu's elevated rail project approved $1.75 million in spending Thursday to add more seats to each rail car, after private consultants hired by the federal government previously voiced concerns that without more seats people might be reluctant to use the system.

Those dollars, approved by the rail oversight and finance committees, will pay for 800 additional seats — outfitting each two-car train with 96 seats, according to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, a semiautonomous agency responsible for completing the $5.26 billion rail project. Login for more...