Coverage of transportation issues in Hawaii, including the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.
Opening the city’s rail project for passenger service seemed a near impossibility just 2-1/2 years ago when it was digging a deeper financial hole and federal transit officials had lost faith and were withholding millions of dollars in badly needed funding. Read more
The Hawaii State Supreme Court heard 90 minutes of oral arguments Thursday over an eminent domain dispute involving the construction of a planned rail station within real estate developer Howard Hughes Corp.’s 60-acre master-planned property in Kakaako. Read more
On the eve of the biggest milestone in the often-troubled history of Honolulu’s $9.8 billion rail project, the executive director and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation received a performance evaluation that she described as an overall “C-minus.” Read more
In the interim, the Halawa rail station with a 590-stall automobile park-and-ride lot has been positioned as more of a transportation node for catching TheBus into town or riding rail into westward communities including Pearl City, Waipahu and East Kapolei. Read more
Most of Pearlridge Center, which covers 45 acres, is a 5- to 10-minute walk from the station along Kamehameha Highway and Kaonohi. Read more
HART contends that Waiawa station even without the garage will still be highly used, due to expanded bus connections, over a longer term after an initial segment of Skyline service starts Friday. Read more
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded the city Department of Transportation Services $20 million to purchase seven all-electric buses and expand charging station capacities at the city’s Pearl City bus depot. Read more
Aspects of a years-long eminent domain dispute over the construction of a rail station within real estate developer Howard Hughes Corp.’s property in Kakaako will face a higher level of judicial scrutiny this week. Read more
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The main link to the Pouhala station is the Waipahu Transit Center, a bus transfer hub with five bays for close to 20 express and regular bus routes adjacent to the rail line. Read more
For those hopping on the Skyline train, a ride from Ho‘ae‘ae station will take 30 minutes to get Downtown, the next-to-last station, or 31 minutes to the last station in Kakaako if those stations are built and open as planned in 2031. Read more
Eventually, a dozen blocks surrounding the station are to become Ho‘opili’s town center with a high-density mix of businesses and residences. Read more
Beyond 2030, Keone‘ae use likely will be considerably higher if long-term development plans for UH West Oahu, Ho‘opili and 168 acres of nearby vacant state land are realized. Read more
Getting to or from Kualaka‘i, at least for a few years or so, will require many Skyline riders to catch TheBus. Read more
The largest public works project in Hawaii history is ready to roll with initial service connecting 9 stations along an 11-mile route. Read more
Honolulu has had a long history of stop and go efforts to develop a rail system. The current effort spans close to two decades, and though an initial segment is scheduled to begin operating June 30, the full Skyline project isn’t projected to be completed until at least 2031. Read more
Find out details about the Skyline’s train operations, fares, connectivity, station services and safety. Read more
City officials are requesting that over $210.5 million in general obligation bonds be used to subsidize ongoing construction of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s rail project, now known officially as Skyline. Read more
Question: Will animals be allowed on the Skyline? Read more
City officials say they hope the name, Skyline, will be a fresh start for the nearly $10 billion project that has crossed four mayoral administrations, was long overdue and overbudget. Read more
Officials say they hope the name, Skyline, will be a fresh start for the nearly $10 billion project that has crossed four mayoral administrations, and was both long overdue and over-budget. Read more
