Coverage of transportation issues in Hawaii, including the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.
A federal agency helping pay for Honolulu’s rail system has agreed to release funding it has been withholding over concerns about past city handling of the grossly delayed and over-budget project. Read more
A nearly 100-year-old bridge built over the Ala Wai Canal will undergo significant repairs over the coming year, the city says. Read more
The replacement proposal comes following structural deficiencies on the bridge, which is located on Kamehameha Highway in Waiahole Valley, south of Waiahole Valley Road. Read more
The rail agency’s planned condemnation of property at 1829 Dillingham Blvd. also will force a nearly 60-year-old business to relocate. Read more
Over 160 firefighters from more than two dozen companies responded to the blaze, which spread across 8 acres and burned for three hours. Read more
Opponents claiming a state-level agency intends to end free recreational parking at the popular, state-controlled Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor hoped to make their voices heard at an official meeting today. Read more
A public rally will be held today to protest what many believe is a state-level action to do away with free recreational parking at the popular, state-controlled Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor. Read more
The money comes from the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law that Biden signed nearly two years ago. Read more
The joint venture company with an $875 million contract to build the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s elevated rail and stations from areas east of Halawa to Kalihi detailed its ongoing efforts this week. Read more
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A measure to make permanent a years-long program to restrict parking on Kalihi Valley streets has stalled. Read more
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
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
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
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
