Administration Will Spend $1.8B to Build 20-Mile Railroad in Hawaii
Rail:
Honolulu Pays $5.5B, Orlando Gets Train for Free
American Maglev
City unveils smaller, less costly rail station
By Marcel Honoré / mhonore@staradvertiser.com
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 19, 2013
Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation CEO Dan Grabauskas made his remarks in Waipahu as he and other officials, including Mayor Kirk Caldwell, unveiled a miniature model of the West Loch station and announced new meetings for the public to weigh in on several of the stations that will dot a 20-mile elevated rail line.
Community feedback on the size and scope of Honolulu's future rail stations has helped save the project some $100 million in design and construction costs, the city's top rail official said Tuesday.
Rail Math Challenge: Plan to Boost Seats by
running Half as Often Twice as Long (2/2=4?
Such a move would have 20 four-car trains running along the 20-mile route from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center, instead of the planned 40 two-car trains. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials say the switch would likely improve overall customer service — even with slightly longer wait times — and save millions of dollars in project costs.
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MEANWHILE, back at the ranch:
Costs soar for upgrade
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Kristen Consillio
Jun 20, 2013 (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
The cost to convert to electronic medical records at the state's 14 public hospitals will likely exceed $100 million over five years, nearly double earlier projections.
Hawaii Health Systems Corp. says it will need to seek additional funds from the Legislature next year for the largest project in decades at its antiquated facilities that provide acute and long-term care as well as critical access services on Oahu and the neighbor islands.
Jul 29, 2011 – Hawaii Health Systems Corp. said it has finalized a $28.7 million contract with Siemens Healthcare to implement an electronic medical records ...
Jul 29, 2011, 11:46am HST
