The Latest Rail News


Federal Officials Approve Hawaii Rail to Break Ground

By Jeremy - Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Rail the Rail the Rail! It’s all over the news and with the state battling a deficit, is it a good idea?

Environmental Impact Statement on Oahu Rail Finally Complete

By Jeremy - Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Rail Rail Rail, is on to Governor Lingle after Mufi praised the environmental impact study as it said there was no significant impact.

Some Want Rail On Oahu, Just Not Mufi’s Rail

By Erik - Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Mufi Hannemann is trying to create jobs and finally push the rail project through, but has much thought been put into whether it’s up-to-date?

Video Update on Hawaii Rail Transit

By Erik - Saturday, October 24th, 2009

KITV News report on Oahu’s highly debated Rail Transit Project.

Trashy

By Brenda - Monday, June 2nd, 2008

The City and County of Honolulu is looking to ship out its trash to Washington. Why not? We already ship our prisoners to Texas and Oklahoma. Why not send what’s ours away for other communities to deal with? And of course it makes sense! It costs twice as much to ship it away then it does [...]

Rail Service to the Airport – A Must!

By Brenda - Saturday, May 24th, 2008

The bill to extend rail service to the airport has been passed, but there has been some reluctance to follow through with it due to its price tag.  An extra $350 million is a hefty price to pay for this service, but from a local’s point of view, it would be pointless to NOT have [...]

Mass Transit Revisited… Again

By Brenda - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The City and County of Honolulu City Council members will be meeting to discuss the issue of mass transit on Oahu, the most populous island in Hawaii, for the 5th time, yes that’s five times, today.  The issue has been quite the nightmare and is being explored to death, which may or may not be [...]