Say Yes to the Honolulu Rail System

Honolulu Skyline System at its Launch Click for 19-minute video of Skyline in operation. Fifteen years is an eternity in Internet time, so it's remarkable that Yes2Rail's first post ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/06/honolulu-skyline-system-map-fifteen.html

Thousands of people have helped achieve grade-separated traffic-free commuting that will become a reality with the start of Skyway’s inaugural service Friday afternoon.    Obvious among th...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/06/on-eve-of-honolulu-skyways-launch-and.html

Opponents of Honolulu's proposed transit project used a variety of tactics over the years in their attempts to block it. One was an ongoing campaign to build the rail line at ground level, where...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/06/counting-down-to-skylines-launch-on.html

When Honolulu’s Skyline goes into service on June 30, it will introduce a revolutionary shift in how we think about personal travel. YOU’LL KNOW WHEN YOU STEP ONTO THE TRAIN EXACTLY WHE...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/06/a-honolulu-rail-benefit-thats-rarely.html

If Honolulu rail’s opening day comes off as advertised two weeks from today – after decades of delay, it’s an “if” worth considering – it will be one of Hawaii’s most momentous publ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/06/honolulu-elevated-rail-system-launch-on.html

 Here is what I entered into the ChatGPT website as a prompt to create a new post here at Yes2Rail: "Honolulu elevated rail -- fast, frequent, reliable, safe. Grade-separated line avoids traff...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2023/02/chatgpt-shows-its-potential-to-replace.html

   IT HAD TO HAPPEN. IT MAKES SENSE. HONOLULU CAN’T SIMPLY ABANDON RAIL AFTER A MAJORITY OF THE LINE HAS BEEN BUILT. RAIL’S EAST END WILL BE IN KAKAAKO , NOT ALA MOANA CENTER. RAIL�...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-inevitable-will-happen-rail-will.html

VOTERS AND NON-VOTERS BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY. VOTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO OWN AND TRAVEL BY CAR. NON-VOTERS ARE MORE RELIANT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP. So, let’s say it again:...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2021/05/well-say-it-again-civil-beat-rails.html

                           Page 1 treatment of Honolulu Advertiser's 10/1/92 story on rail's demise.   When the City Council refused to pass a tax increase in 1991 to help fund ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2021/04/30-years-ago-honolulus-rail-project.html

                                                                              Elevated Transit in Lille, France MAYOR FRANK FASI ARRI...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2021/04/homework-assignment-before-thursdays-tv.html

                                                                                  DILLINGHAM BOULEVARD          Civil Beat Photo   CIVIL BEAT REP...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2021/04/rail-enjoys-new-push-for-final.html

DAVID SHAPIRO’S JANUARY 3 COLUMN IN THE STAR-ADVERTISER SAID THE NEW CEO OF THE HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION “DESERVES A FAIR SHOT TO SHOW WHAT SHE CAN DO.” WILL SHAPIRO KE...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2021/01/shapiros-first-column-of-2012-offers.html

                                                                           When will Honolulu's elevated rail project be completed? YES2RAIL’S A...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/12/honolulu-rail-project-ends-2020-like.html

                                                                     Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo It’s way too soon to know for sure, but the head of th...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/03/hart-despite-covid-19-right-now-we-are.html

The new international study is out today, and unlike every other year we can recall, Honolulu’s not in it. At least, we couldn’t find any mention of driving hours lost to congestion in ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-is-it-that-honolulu-isnt-ranked-in.html

SAN JOSE MERCURY-NEWS HEADLINE ON MARCH 4: CONTRA COSTA COUNTY TAX MEASURE TO TAME TRAFFIC APPEARS HEADED FOR DEFEAT The San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of the vote noted the fun...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/03/defeat-of-bay-area-rail-funding-measure.html

You can’t blame the news media for searching out rail critic Cliff Slater when they need a rail opponent’s views for an emerging story. He’s been fighting rail since the Fasi Administratio...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/in-reporting-other-side-of-rail-story.html

It’s almost impossible to read a week of media reports on Honolulu’s rail project without finding a reference to rail being an intended “solution” to Oahu’s traffic woes. The med...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/rail-will-be-choice-truth-about-riding.html

View of Hō‘ae‘ae Station that will serve West Loch, Ewa Beach, and Waipahu illustrates how commuters will ride above street traffic. -- HART Photo As a former reporter (and current med...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/well-researched-bloomberg-article-on.html

                         Honolulu's elevated trains will be true to a timetable. Lee Cataluna’s column in Sunday's Star-Advertiser asserted that the Honolulu elevated rail proje...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/rails-messaging-has-changed-so-says.html

Click here for this classic Mad Men episode on why trains are better than cars for commuting -- especially between West Oahu and anywhere along the line all the way to Ala Moana Center.

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/were-mad-about-trains-specifically-were.html

I have to thank Facebook for its inquiry about whether I know Honolulu resident Randy Roth and for asking if I want to add him as a Facebook Friend. I hit “decline,” not because of any anim...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2020/02/if-its-true-bus-ridership-is-lagging.html

MAY 4, 2019 UPDATE: LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT HERE AT YES2RAIL. I JUST READ A 5/2/14 STORY ON CIVILBEAT.ORG IN WHICH REPORTER SOPHIE COCKE WROTE THE FOLLOWING: "DOUG CARLSON, WHO HART PAID MO...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-second-thought-maybe-its-time-to.html

It took Civil Beat two weeks to do what Yes2Rail did on July 26th when we concluded a Ben Cayetano radio spot is “flat-out wrong” in suggesting drivers won’t benefit once Honolulu’s ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2012/08/civil-beat-follows-yes2rails-lead-fact.html

 Honolulu could expect crashes like this if rail were built at ground level. If you’ve read it here once, you’ve seen it dozens of times: Only grade-separated transit can provide fast, ...

http://yes2rail.blogspot.com/2012/08/checking-out-more-yes2rail-posts-in.html