Toby Martyn Resigns As HART Board Chair Amid Latest Rail Upheaval - Honolulu Civil Beat
Toby Martyn Resigns As HART Board Chair Amid Latest Rail Upheaval
The move comes as the board faces scrutiny for its questionable handling of two recent consultant contract awards. Reading time: 3 minutes.
Toby Martyn is resigning from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board after serving as its chairman for nearly the past two years.
HART made the announcement via press release Friday afternoon, simply stating that Martyn had decided to step down for “personal reasons.”
Reached by phone, Martyn said he was busy picking up a friend from the airport and that he wouldn’t be available to discuss the matter later. He hung up when pressed for further details on his departure from Hawaii’s largest-ever public works project, whose cost has more than doubled in the past decade.
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Honolulu Rail Chief Says Ridership Projections Have Dropped - Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu Rail Chief Says Ridership Projections Have Dropped
Rail authority CEO Lori Kahikina provided no details, but said she believes public interest in riding the train is still high. Reading time: 6 minutes.
In yet another bit of bad news for rail, the projected ridership for the city’s half-built, $12.4 billion train system from Kapolei to Ala Moana has declined, according to rail authority Executive Director Lori Kahikina.
Kahikina was asked about ridership during an online video presentation on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” program on Wednesday, and in general terms acknowledged that the ridership calculations show a drop. She did not say how much of a drop.