http://hawaiimonorail.com Coming to Honolulu in 2012 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:14:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/15/editorial/editorial01.html The Issue: Congress is set to approve funds for starting Honolulu's transit project. HAWAII'S congressional delegation is priming the pump to begin the flow of federal dollars for building what will be the largest public works project in the city's history -- a transit system projected ... http://hawaiimonorail.com/2007/07/15/long-track-for-funding/ From the Star Bulletin article: Isle rail transit moves closer with $20M in federal funds STORY SUMMARY » The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $20 million to fund the preliminary engineering study for the city's rail transit project. "This is a first step in terms of other moneys that will hopefully ... http://hawaiimonorail.com/2007/07/13/congress-backs-rail/ Lifeline of the future http://hawaiimonorail.com/2007/04/29/future-of-lifeline/ The Star Bulletin reports, "2 regions want rail extensions". The argument is that UH-Manoa students would ride the rail transit if it were to end at Ala Moana. The argument for the Salt Lake extension was based on a prediction of ridership. Others felt that deviating from the originally proposed ... http://hawaiimonorail.com/2007/02/14/manoa-salt-lake-extensions/ The Star Bulletin reports, "Rail line renderings ring alarm bells". Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi questioned, "Why does it have to be so ugly?" when shown renderings of a possible idea for the look of the monorail. What does she expect? The criticism seemed to be the fact that concrete structure supporting ... http://hawaiimonorail.com/2006/06/23/rail-seen-as-eyesore/ The Honolulu advertiser reports "Vegas monorail seen as model". Mayor Mufi Hannemann visited Las Vegas where he met with Transmax Group officials who were responsible for funding the $650 million price tag of the Las Vegas monorail. Hannemann was quoted as saying, "The private sector participation in the system ... http://hawaiimonorail.com/2006/01/30/vegas-as-funding-model/