A New HART for Hawaii – Potential for Rail?
The HART rail line by itself does nothing to change the urban population dynamics nor culture nor arts nor education nor food. Ray shares ideas and potential for an urban renaissance in Honolulu, by making the rail stations themselves micro-destinations, wonderful places to go to — and then revive the surrounding area with new businesses, housing — without cars.
*Public Private Partnerships and their Potential for Rail, an article that appeared in Civil Beat:
Ray Tsuhiyama – I wish to launch ideas and potential for an urban renaissance in Honolulu, and not to view the rail system merely as a west-east commuter line — the rail line by itself does nothing to change the urban population dynamics nor culture nor arts nor education nor food: the rail station is key to view all these themes in totality, and make the rail stations themselves micro-destinations, wonderful places to go to — and then revive the surrounding area with new businesses, housing — without cars. Oahu has 950,000+ residents, probably 550,000 cars. Re-distributing population and then making it fun to go to different rail stations are two strategies to decrease car use — or the rail line means no decrease in cars on the road — you just have people who ride the bus now switch to rail. If the Honolulu bus system was so wonderful now, why isn’t everybody riding the bus?
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The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
