Skyline Honolulu to Waikiki? What would it look like? 

Right now, with almost every transit project, the main obstacle is land use. As the rail reaches higher density zones, its potential will continue to grow. As hopefully land around the west stations are fully developed, it really does have the potential to be a highly productive service. As viaducts are proposed in dense urban environments, I just hope they don’t receive massive pushback from surroundings and are able to expedite construction. Honestly the over 500 million dollars per mile for elevated light metro is a hefty price tag that other countries pay way less for, but hopefully this can be used as a template of a successful project with the mistakes to learn from in the future to bring down costs. Imagine with the same budget, if twice the amount of track could have been laid, it could turn the whole island into an urban paradise.

While the construction would be rough for residents and businesses much like from Waipahu to Kalihi, having this Skyline extension remain elevated into Waikiki will keep travel times consistent.

Rail from HNL to Waikiki is the best thing for Hawaii rail. The tourism industry will fight like hell though, all those taxi + bus rides are a source of revenue.

LOVE a Skyline crayon! ♥

Can't wait for the next episode!

If I jumped off the rail and got my balls stuck in the track rails would the momentum make me slide or would they just snap off?

The UH extension video just dropped - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7lbrY9EDMdQ.html

How about an extension to Diamondhead!

I was just thinking about this!

Having the train from airport and Waikiki would have had more revenue to pay for the other section.

Those speeds are so slow. Why 30mi/hr?

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