An omen for Honolulu rail?
David Swann
July 21, 2018
How are those rail ridership projections working out for you, Puerto Rico? What Honolulu Rail Planners Can Learn From Puerto Rico
How are those rail ridership projections working out for you, Puerto Rico? What Honolulu Rail Planners Can Learn From Puerto Rico
The Honolulu rail project is attracting new adjectives. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser recently dubbed it “troubled,” Honolulu Civil Beat called it “beleaguered,” and one of its own overseers, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) board member John Henry Felix, alluded to the project as being “flawed.” Given the lack of transparency
MEDIA RELEASE from Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322 or jkent@grassrootinstitute.org HONOLULU, June 15, 2018 >> A leading board member of the Honolulu Area Rapid Transportation (HART) is worried that the semi-autonomous city agency may be in violation of its funding agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). John
The state of Honolulu’s rail project has become so problematic that even a board member for Honolulu Area Rapid Transportation (HART) is asking to press the pause button. But that’s not all. The Grassroot Institute recently obtained a letter (see full letter here) written by HART board member John Henry
It’s difficult to protect workplace whistleblowers if intimidation is present in the very place where they would blow their proverbial whistles. But that is what appears to be happening at the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), which has been undergoing an audit on behalf of the Hawaii state Legislature.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s plan to use $44 million in bond debt is an ill-founded, potentially illegal attempt to payoff administrative costs related to the construction of the over-budget, behind-schedule Honolulu rail system.
The wildly over-budget and behind-schedule transit development needs a full, “deep” audit for fraud, waste and abuse.
The blockbuster summer entertainment last year was at the state Legislature, at which our elected officials unfortunately raised taxes to pay for Honolulu County’s rail system while yet indicating their intention to conduct an in-depth, forensic audit of the over-budget, behind-schedule megaproject. The blockbuster disappointment of that same summer was
DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322, jkent@grassrootinstitute.org FOIA request raises questions about rail misrepresentations Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli’i Akina says FTA response reinforces need for forensic audit Oct. 24, HONOLULU — New revelations from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have raised questions about whether City and
How are those rail ridership projections working out for you, Puerto Rico? What Honolulu Rail Planners Can Learn From Puerto Rico
The Honolulu rail project is attracting new adjectives. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser recently dubbed it “troubled,” Honolulu Civil Beat called it “beleaguered,” and one of its own overseers, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) board member John Henry Felix, alluded to the project as being “flawed.” Given the lack of transparency
MEDIA RELEASE from Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322 or jkent@grassrootinstitute.org HONOLULU, June 15, 2018 >> A leading board member of the Honolulu Area Rapid Transportation (HART) is worried that the semi-autonomous city agency may be in violation of its funding agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). John
The state of Honolulu’s rail project has become so problematic that even a board member for Honolulu Area Rapid Transportation (HART) is asking to press the pause button. But that’s not all. The Grassroot Institute recently obtained a letter (see full letter here) written by HART board member John Henry
It’s difficult to protect workplace whistleblowers if intimidation is present in the very place where they would blow their proverbial whistles. But that is what appears to be happening at the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), which has been undergoing an audit on behalf of the Hawaii state Legislature.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s plan to use $44 million in bond debt is an ill-founded, potentially illegal attempt to payoff administrative costs related to the construction of the over-budget, behind-schedule Honolulu rail system.
The wildly over-budget and behind-schedule transit development needs a full, “deep” audit for fraud, waste and abuse.
The blockbuster summer entertainment last year was at the state Legislature, at which our elected officials unfortunately raised taxes to pay for Honolulu County’s rail system while yet indicating their intention to conduct an in-depth, forensic audit of the over-budget, behind-schedule megaproject. The blockbuster disappointment of that same summer was
DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322, jkent@grassrootinstitute.org FOIA request raises questions about rail misrepresentations Grassroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli’i Akina says FTA response reinforces need for forensic audit Oct. 24, HONOLULU — New revelations from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have raised questions about whether City and