![]() A second option called for a further expansion to the bus system, with improvements to existing roads. The first expanded the existing bus system to match population growth. The report compared the cost and benefits of a "fixed guideway system", along with three alternatives. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services released the first formal study related to the HHCTCP on November 1, 2006, the Alternatives Analysis Report. Studies Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor survey marker in the sidewalk at the corner of Kapiolani Blvd and Keeaumoku Street in Honolulu Hannemann's urge to move fast in the project ultimately allowed stakeholders to delay some important foundational work such as the environmental impact study. The FTA needed a complete environmental impact statement before moving Honolulu forward in the grant-awarding process. An environmental impact study had not been completed at the time of signing the first construction contract with Kiewit. Hannemann thought it was "prudent to move quickly" to show the FTA that Honolulu was committed to the HHCTCP. His successor, Mufi Hannemann, began the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project (HHCTCP), the island's fourth attempt to build a mass transit system operating in a dedicated right-of-way. ![]() Harris unsuccessfully pursued a bus rapid transit project as an interim solution until he left office in 2004. įasi resigned in 1994 to run for governor, with Jeremy Harris winning the special election to replace him. Fasi defeated Anderson in their 1984 rematch and restarted the HART project in 1986, but this second effort was stopped in a 1992 vote by the Honolulu City Council against the necessary tax increase. ![]() After Fasi lost the 1980 reelection to Eileen Anderson, President Ronald Reagan cut off funding for all upcoming mass transit projects, which led Anderson to cancel HART in 1981. Blaisdell suggested a rail line as a solution to alleviate traffic problems in Honolulu, stating, "Taken in the mass, the automobile is a noxious mechanism whose destiny in workaday urban use is to frustrate man and make dead certain that he approaches his daily occupation unhappy and inefficient." įrank Fasi was elected to office in 1968, and started planning studies for a rail project, named Honolulu Area Rapid Transit (HART), in 1977. Previous projects įor more than 50 years, some Honolulu politicians have attempted to construct a rail transit line. Construction of the rail line was approved by 53% of voters, and ground broke on project construction on February 22, 2011. Controversy over the rail line was the dominant issue for local politics in the late 2000s, and culminated in a city charter amendment which left the final decision to a direct vote of the citizens of Oʻahu. Debate over the development of a rail system in Honolulu has been a major point of contention in local politics, especially leading into the 2008, 2012, and 2016 mayoral elections. Plans for a mass transit line to connect Honolulu's urban center with outlying areas began in the 1960s, but funding was not approved until 2005. The almost entirely elevated line is the first large-scale, publicly run metro in the United States to feature platform screen doors and driverless trains. Hitachi Rail, who also built the railcars used on the line, operates Skyline for the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services (which also manages the region's TheBus service). The 18.9-mile (30.4 km), automated fixed-guideway line was planned, designed, and constructed by the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), a semi-autonomous government agency. Its construction constitutes the largest public works project in Hawaiʻi's history. The final phase, continuing the line across Urban Honolulu to Downtown, is due to open in 2031. Inouye International Airport before reaching Middle Street, is anticipated to open in mid-2025. Phase 2, connecting to Pearl Harbor and Daniel K. Phase 1 of the project opened Jand lies entirely outside of Urban Honolulu, linking East Kapolei (on the ʻEwa Plain) and Aloha Stadium. Skyline is a light metro system in the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. ![]()
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