Honolulu Transit: Paying the Price for Delay
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Honolulu Transit: Paying the Price for Delay

ByJim Loomis

 Municipal transit systems have been around for a long time.  The New York City subway system opened in 1868, but an elevated segment was actually operating five years before that. During my trans-Siberian train experience three years ago, I was surprised to find that several of the cities we visited in Siberia had extensive metro…

Opponents of Honolulu’s Rail Transit Project Have No Shame.

Opponents of Honolulu’s Rail Transit Project Have No Shame.

ByJim Loomis

Back in the early 1970s, officials from the federal agency then known as the Urban Mass Transportation Administration came to Honolulu and pleaded with government officials to get their act together and approve the city’s proposed transit project. Furthermore, they were ready to provide 90 percent of the funding. The UMTA people understood what most…