I'm not particularly thrilled by the predominance of the aerial infrastructure. I would have much rather seen a trenched system, but i'm positive the geologic/volcanic/seismic conditions of Hawaii had engineers scared to do anything below ground level. They made a college try at beautifying the concrete aeriel structure, but I find it quite hideous. It looks like something you'd see in the developing SE Asia and I'm not convinced it will at all age well. But that being said, to many who have never visited, many areas of Oahu aren't particularly pretty at ground level, so maybe it's not as much a negative aesthetic impact.

Isn't Montreal's REM very similar in design? But I get your point.

32 km of grade separated metro for 10 billion is that bad...

That is just over 300 million a KM.

The new 17km elevated Expo Line extension into Langley will be around 170 million per KM. (Metro Vancouver)

So not that bad for the US I guess.

I would also say that the closest comparison for the Honolulu project in NA would be Skytrain in Vancouver.

I think you can add “Section 3” of the Los Angeles Purple Line to the list, as LA Metro has finally given the Notice to Proceed to the tunneling contractor on January 15, 2019, after months of delays from the federal government:
http://bit.ly/2WMz4Gz

Similar in technology but the implementation is different.

REM is about 40% at-grade and runs in a highway median (A10), alongside another one (A40) and on an existing rail ROW (Deux-Montagnes line). Apart from one station (South Shore Terminal), the project is built near currently populated areas and employment centers, with several TOD opportunities. It's also much less expensive than HART (this can be attributed to several factors including an existing tunnel through the Mount Royal) with a $6.4B pricetag for 67km and 26 stations.

Honolulu's issue is that it's an El Paso or Birmingham AL-sized urbanized area with the transit needs of a Seattle. They should have a Metro and it should be roughly along this corridor (though with fewer western stops and more eastern ones). But because it's a small city and because US infrastructure is way more expensive than it should be, they can't really afford it.

That's too bad... I've read complaints like this over and over again on here, and I can understand your frustration.
Maybe your construction corporations are too greedy for real.

That being said, in my country, the workforce has been underpaid, which ain't right either.
Causing another frustration, and serious social issues.

I guess there's something right in the middle, between you guys and us.

...

Honolulu also has the issue that theyre so isolated. That makes everything more expensive because it has to be shipped in. The price of some food items in their supermarkets are pretty shocking.

This is precisely a situation where the feds need to take mass transit more seriously and fund it as we do freeways. Where cities can't pay for it yet the need exists, we as a country need to fund it for the greater good.

Quebec?

Denver's 11-mile G line will open 4/26: http://www3.rtd-denver.com/elbert/ne...x.cfm?id=11689

Wow! 9,000 passengers per day. That is incredibly low for higher order transit.

If they project low, next year they can say that ridership is "greatly exceeding projections."

Denver's G Line opened today:

http://www3.rtd-denver.com/elbert/ne...x.cfm?id=11791

Denver's G line moved to complete.

Other openings to look forward to this spring or summer:

• Phoenix Gilbert Rd LRT extension - opens May 18
• Denver's Lone Tree LRT extension - opens May 19
• Ottawa's Confederation line (no date yet but it should be spring/summer)
• Waterloo's ION line (no date yet but it should be spring/summer)

^ Waterloo’s LRT will open on June 21st, as announced yesterday.

Ottawa’s is apparently expected to open either right before or shortly after Canada Day (July 1st).

Ontario will go from 1 to 3 urban rail networks within a span of a few weeks.

An excavator is on site and the property has been fenced off for the maintenance facility for the Finch West LRT in Toronto - it appears that construction has quietly begun.

It doesn't look like Chef has given an update so I will.

Construction has been underway on the Southwest LRT line in the Twin Cities. Rails are scheduled to be delivered in the next week along the line.


https://metrocouncil.org/Transportat...PDATE-(2).aspx

OK thanks. Minneapolis SW line added to the construction list.

Denver & Phoenix have opening in about a week.