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Presentation on the proposed
Honolulu Rail Transit Project
by
The American Institute of
Architects (AIA)
Honolulu Chapter
January 18, 2010
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Construction Cost & Capacity –
Elevated Rail Vs.
Light Rail
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Project Route – Phases 1 & 2
Phase 1: East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center (20.5 mi.) – construction period: 2010-2019
Phase 2: East Kapolei to West Kapolei (5.3 mi.) – construction period not set
Phase 2: Ala Moana Center to Waikiki (1.5 mi.) – construction period not set
Phase 2: Ala Moana Center to UH-Manoa (2.0 mi.) – construction period not set
Phase 2 Total length: 8.8 mi.
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Phase 1 – West Kapolei to Ala
Moana Center (20.5 mi.)
All-Elevated Rail cost: $5.5 Billion
Vs.
Light Rail (10.6 mi. elevated + 9.9 mi. at
street level) cost: $3.7 Billion
= Savings of $1.8 Billion with Light Rail
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Phase 2
(3 segments, 8.8 mi. total)
All-Elevated Rail cost: $2.4 Billion
Vs.
Street Level Light Rail cost: $880 Million
=Savings of $1.6 Billion with Light Rail
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Total Project Cost
(29 mi.)
(Phases 1 & 2)
All-Elevated Rail Cost: $7.9 Billion
Vs.
Light Rail (10.6 mi. elevated + 18.7 mi. at
street level) Cost: $4.6 Billion
=Savings of $3.3 Billion with Light Rail
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Operating & Maintenance
Costs - Phase 1
Elevated Rail: $63 Million / Year
Electricity (Platform & Mezzanine Lighting,
Escalators and Elevators, Trains)
Security Guards, Cleaning Crew
Escalators and Elevator Machinery Maintenance
Vs.
Light Rail Partially at Street Level : $52 Million / Yr.
Electricity (Station Lighting, Trains)
=Savings with Light Rail: $11 Million / Yr.
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Construction Time –
Elevated Rail Vs. Light Rail
Elevated Rail:
Phase 1: 9 years (2010–2019)
Phase 2: (no date set)
Light Rail:
Experience: 4 years (Phoenix 20-mile system)
Honolulu Projection: 6 Years (2011-2017)
=Time Saved with Light Rail: 2 years
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Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) Requirements
Vs.
Honolulu’s Draft EIS Submittal
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Notice of Intent in Federal Register
March 15, 2007
NOI Required
Evaluation from
Kapolei to University
of Hawaii
Draft EIS did not look
at this entire length
but only East Kapolei
to Ala Moana
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Notice of Intent in Federal Register
March 15, 2007
NOI required five
fixed guideway transit
technologies to be
evaluated to the same
level
Draft EIS did not
evaluate five fixed
guideway transit
technologies to the
same level
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Section 106 National Historic
Preservation Act 0f 1966Requires Identification
and Mitigation of Impact
to Historic Sites
Programmatic Agreement
process indicated missing
survey work
– NO Archaeological
Inventory Survey- Iwi
likelihood for incidence
– NO Cultural Landscape
Survey
O’ahu Market,
2453044785_1b9e0c2cf_o Flicker.com
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Section 4(F)
National Transportation ActRequires evaluation of
Alternatives for Actions that Impact sites eligible for the National Register
At least 3 Stations are direct taking Actions within
Makalapa Historic District
Chinatown Historic District
Dillingham Transportation Building
Limited evaluation ONLY the right of way of elevated Transit
33 Other Sites ImpactedDillingham Transportation Building
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Land Use Ordinance Requirements
Hawaii Capital Special District
Requires the Protection of
Prominent Mauka to Makai
Views by City Ordinance
Blocked Mauka Makai Views
– Alakea Street
– Richards Street
– Mililani Street and Mall
– Punchbowl Street
– South Street
Blocked View of Open Space at
Federal Building
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Chinatown Special District
Requires the Protection of Prominent Mauka to Makai Views by City Ordinance
Blocked Mauka Makai Views– River Street
– Kekaulike Street
– Maunakea Street
– Smith Street Street
– Nu`uanu Avenue
“Retain makai view corridors as a visual means of maintaining the historic link between Chinatown and the Harbor.”
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Simulated Guideway View -
Approaching Downtown
City’s Simulation of Downtown Elevated Transit Corridor at Fort Street
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Existing View – Bishop Street and
Nimitz Highway
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Simulated View – Bishop Street
and Nimitz Highway
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Building Impact (Miami)
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Building Impact (Nice, France)
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A public service presentation by the American Institute of Architects,
Honolulu Chapter
For more information and video on transit:
Go to
www.aiahonolulu.org
Click on Transit page
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• “Rail is our only hope for major economic development”. • We agree. AIA Honolulu is Pro-Rail. • The Right Rail is Light Rail – faster to build, cheaper at a savings of over $3 Billion.
• “Rail will create thousands of jobs, putting scores of people back to work”. • We agree. • Light Rail will also create thousands of jobs, putting people back to work.
• “Rail is part of the solution to our growing traffic problem”. • We agree. Light Rail can and should be part of the solution to the traffic problem.• Light Rail can match the capacity of Elevated Rail.
• “We deserve a better standard of living, and our children deserve even more”. • We agree.• Light Rail can provide an even greater quality of life with lower Environmental, Visual, Cultural, Community, and Cost Impact.• Should we really burden our children’s future with a system that costs over$3 Billion more than it should?
• “The people of Hawai‘i have spoken – and we want rail”. • We agree. Light Rail is consistent with what voters want.• Light Rail is Steel Wheel-on-Steel Rail.• Light Rail is Fixed Guideway.
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The Right Rail is
Light Rail