Honolulu: Transportation info and development - Page 7

Maksima · #**121** Posted **Apr 18, 2015, 6:13 AM**

Construction of LCC Depot on Apr-6-15

Apr-6-15 LCC Depot (1) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-6-15 LCC Depot (2) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-6-15 LCC Depot (3) by akiosan7, on Flickr

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H1 Bridge

Apr-6-15 H1 Bridge (1) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-6-15 H1 Bridge (2) by akiosan7, on Flickr
The last month and a half HECO was taking down several power lines that were too low to allow the bridge passage

Apr-6-15 H1 Bridge (3) by akiosan7, on Flickr
Future site of the Pearl Highlands station

Maksima · #**122** Posted **Apr 18, 2015, 6:15 AM**

Construction between the UH and Waipahu stations along Farrington Hwy
Taken on March 23, 2015 by miniview

20150313_152510 by miniviews, on Flickr

20150313_152518 by miniviews, on Flickr

20150313_152524 by miniviews, on Flickr

20150313_152530 by miniviews, on Flickr

20150313_152538 by miniviews, on Flickr

Maksima · #**123** Posted **Apr 18, 2015, 6:16 AM**

More photos taken by miniviews, who has been actively photographing the progress.

April 3, 2015

20150403_145343 by miniviews, on Flickr
Guideway span 67 repairs completed and installed on piers.

20150403_145602 by miniviews, on Flickr
Guideway spans adjacent to Old Farrington Hwy. Waianae bound motorist lanes are closed until end of April 2015.

20150403_145612 by miniviews, on Flickr
Honolulu bound guideway span construction near Old Farrington Hwy

20150403_145717 by miniviews, on Flickr
Column construction in Waipahu

20150403_145846 by miniviews, on Flickr
Column construction in Waipahu

20150403_150459 by miniviews, on Flickr
Column construction in Waipahu

20150403_150535 by miniviews, on Flickr
Column construction in Waipahu.

Photo descriptions are by miniview

Maksima · #**124** Posted **Apr 18, 2015, 6:20 AM**

April 14, 2015
The future entrance of the Waipahu Transit Center Station

Apr-14-15 Waipahu Transit Center (1) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-14-15 Waipahu Transit Center (2) by akiosan7, on Flickr

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April 15, 2015

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (1) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (2) by akiosan7, on Flickr
Taking down telephone and power lines across the intersection. At Pupukahi St. and Farrington Hwy.

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (3) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (4) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (5) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (6) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (7) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (8) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (9) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (10) by akiosan7, on Flickr
rail construction equipment

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (13) by akiosan7, on Flickr
Work on one of the bored holes near Don Quijote. Looks like a pile driver.

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (14) by akiosan7, on Flickr
Rebar for one of the columns.

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (15) by akiosan7, on Flickr
The plot of land with the yellow containers is currently storage for Kiewit, but is also the future Waipahu station.

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (16) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (17) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (18) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (19) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (20) by akiosan7, on Flickr
One of the pillars that need repair work.

Apr-15-15 Waipahu (21) by akiosan7, on Flickr

Photo descriptions are by akiosan7

eleven=11 · #**125** Posted **Apr 18, 2015, 3:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maksima

This thread has been dead for so long, it needs some major revival. So I'll try to post almost everything that has happen since Feb 5.

mega post Thanks
what other forums areas do you post on??

bobdreamz · #**126** Posted **Apr 19, 2015, 11:21 AM**

Maksima thanks for the updates. What do you mean by "One of the pillars that need repair work." Is there some sort of structural defects going on with the construction of the pillars?

miniviews · #**127** Posted **Apr 19, 2015, 2:51 PM**

My assumption is concrete patch work similar to an adjacent column:

20150406_160431 by miniviews, on Flickr

NorthernDancer · #**128** Posted **Apr 19, 2015, 10:54 PM**

Why are the buses different colours? Is one an express bus or something?

OhioGuy · #**129** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 12:21 AM**

Thanks for the photo update!

Busy Bee · #**130** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 12:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorthernDancer

Why are the buses different colours? Is one an express bus or something?

Old livery left / new livery right

mthq · #**131** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 7:06 AM**

Thanks for all the updates, Maksima!

N830MH · #**132** Posted **Apr 20, 2015, 7:20 AM**

Wow!! What a awesome shots!!! Keep it up!!!

Maksima · #**133** Posted **Apr 21, 2015, 10:09 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Old livery left / new livery right

It's not really a new livery. The rainbow livery has been around since the early 2000s. It's not really being phased in either because the last order of buses were from NOVA and they wear the existing yellow/brown livery.

N830MH · #**134** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 3:13 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maksima

It's not really a new livery. The rainbow livery has been around since the early 2000s. It's not really being phased in either because the last order of buses were from NOVA and they wear the existing yellow/brown livery.

Yeah, I realize that. I saw rainbow bus. We went to HNL for a week vacation from work. I remember this. I remember everything.

mthq · #**135** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 8:31 AM**

Not to knock TheBus, but I can't help but wonder if the fleet received the yellow/brown paint scheme sometime in the 1970s or early 80s. It would make sense

www.showbus.com

source

Maksima · #**136** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 8:11 PM**

Basically the livery hasn't really changed since the 1970s. The only time that, I think, they ever had a different livery was when they tried to introduce a new express bus service that was short lived in the late 90s. I've seen pictures of them, but don't really remember where.

Maksima · #**137** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 8:29 PM**

Today on CivilBeat:

Quote:

Civil Beat Poll: Most Voters Oppose Honolulu Rail Tax Extension

A majority of Oahu voters also opposes the $6 billion project in general, but support is greater on the neighbor islands.

APRIL 22, 2015
By NICK GRUBE

Most Honolulu voters don’t want lawmakers to extend Oahu’s 0.5 percent general excise tax surcharge to help pay for the city’s cash-strapped 20-mile commuter rail line planned from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center, according to the latest Civil Beat poll results.

And half of those polled on Oahu still have negative feelings overall about the $6 billion project that’s struggling financially due to lower-than-expected tax collections, higher-than anticipated construction costs and legal expenses related to lawsuits.

Copyright 2015 Civil Beat. All rights reserved.

Read full article here: http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/04/civ...tax-extension/

Don't know how reliable this poll is.

OhioGuy · #**138** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 9:38 PM**

I will note Civil Beat has been continuously anti rail and continuously publish articles that are negative towards the project. They are a very biased source for news covering the Honolulu Rail project.

Maksima · #**139** Posted **Apr 23, 2015, 11:08 AM**

The Star Advertiser has put out it's fair share of articles, but a lot of them are blocked via subscriptions and the articles don't show the full urls to link them, so there's very slim pickings. Also, I'm terrible at doing summaries

Maksima · #**140** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 3:14 AM**

Quote:

Honolulu rail agency collects $65M in tax revenue in Q1, 16% more than expected

Apr 23, 2015, 2:33pm HST
Jason Ubay
Reporter - Pacific Business News

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation received $65 million in general excise and use tax surcharge revenue during the first quarter, approximately $9 million, or 16 percent, above its projections.

The money will be used for the construction of Honolulu’s rail project.

Copyright 2015 Pacific Business News. All rights reserved.

Read article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/n...x-revenue.html

Quote:

Rail project receives $65 million in excise tax revenue for construction

By Web Staff
Published: April 23, 2015, 1:33 pm
Updated: April 23, 2015, 1:34 pm

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation reports Thursday it received $65 million in general excise and use tax (GET) surcharge revenue this past quarter for construction of the Honolulu rail project.

GET surcharge revenue for the quarter running from January to March of this year was about $9 million above projections for the quarter based on the project’s financial plan.

Copyright 2015 KHON2. All rights reserved.

Read article here:http://khon2.com/2015/04/23/rail-pro...-construction/