Letter: Rail name should reflect Hawaii and its culture
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Jon Nouchi, deputy director for the city’s Department of Transportation Services, spoke at a news conference at Honolulu Hale on Friday, held to announce the new name of Honolulu’s rail transit system.
“Skyline”? The name for the rail? It sounds more like a ride at a Disneyland park (“Oahu rail system officially named ‘Skyline’,” Star-Advertiser, June 17).
How about a name that more reflects the Hawaiian people and culture that everyone here, Hawaiian and kamaaina, should cherish and respect? My choice would be “Mauka Makai” Line (To the mountains and to the oceanside).
Johnny Stonier
Kailua
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