Presentation on the proposed Honolulu Rail Transit Project by The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presentation on the proposed Honolulu Rail Transit Project by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honolulu Chapter

January 18, 2010

Construction Cost & Capacity – Elevated Rail Vs. Light Rail

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Requirements Vs. Honolulu’s Draft EIS Submittal

Notice of Intent in Federal Register March 15, 2007

NOI Required Evaluation from Kapolei to University

• f Hawaii

Draft EIS did not look at this entire length but only East Kapolei to Ala Moana

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

Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act 0f 1966

Requires 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

Section 4(F) National Transportation Act

Requires 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

• f way of elevated Transit

33 Other Sites Impacted

Dillingham Transportation Building

4122184683_e108c95555_b Flicker.com

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

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.”

Simulated Guideway View - Approaching Downtown

City’s Simulation of Downtown Elevated Transit Corridor at Fort Street

Existing View – Bishop Street and Nimitz Highway

Simulated View – Bishop Street and Nimitz Highway

Building Impact (Miami)

Building Impact (Nice, France)

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

• “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.

The Right Rail is Light Rail