Honolulu Picks Light Rail

The city's council chooses to proceed with plans for a new light rail system -- with a possible price tag of over $5 billion dollars.

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November 4, 2006, 1:00 PM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Rail should be the city's mass-transit choice, the City Council's Transportation and Planning Committee decided yesterday. The committee also signaled that the Council will chose one of five fixed-rail routes -- two of them are supported by Mayor Mufi Hannemann -- before the end of the year."

The council's action was intended to move towards meeting the deadlines for federal funding. Opponents decried the vote, saying the project's proposed ridership is too low to justify the cost, and that suitable alternatives, such as HOT lanes, were not throughly considered.

FULL STORY: Council panel backs rail as mass-transit solution

Friday, November 3, 2006 in Honolulu Star-Bulletin

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