Moving Hawaii Forward
Ever See A Vanpool On The Road And Wonder How Do I Get One? Moving Hawaii Forward Host Tim Apicella Explores Rideshare Enterprise’s New Vanpool Program That Hopes To Be A Partial Solution To Oahu’s Traffic Problem. Account Manager, Kanani Iaea Discusses The Details Of This Public/Private Partnership Between Enterprise And The City Of Honolulu. […]
Pedaling in Paradise: A New Cycle with Bikeshare Hawaii
Reasons For Riding A Bike In Honolulu Just Got Easier. In This Episode Of Moving Hawaii Forward, Tim Apicella Interviews Lori Mccarney, CEO Of Bikeshare Hawaii, About A New Bike Share Program That Will Soon Place 1,000 New Bikes At 100 Self-Service Stops From Chinatown To Diamond Head. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet […]
Being Hypnotized by HART? Transportation Insights with Panos Prevedouros
In this episode of Moving Hawaii Forward, Tim Apicella welcomes Dr. Panos Prevedouros, Professor of Transportation and Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Hawaii (UH Manoa), to cover a variety of topics ranging from the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros. […]
An End to Transportation Woes with the Hawaii DOT
Tim Sakahara, Communications Director of the Hawaii State Department of Transportation and former KGMB reporter, joins Jay Fidell on Moving Hawaii Forward to discuss transportation issues including Tow trucks on freeway; Freeway Service Patrol; Harbors modernization; $400M Kapalama Container project; Improvements at the airport; $680M LED statewide lighting project; Farrington, Likelike, Kahikili highway; higher capacity […]
Honolulu Rail Alternative Facts
As the host of Moving Hawaii Forward, Tim Apicella gives us something to think about when it comes to paying taxes for the Honolulu Rail Project’s continuously growing costs as the HART budget goes off the rails. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, […]
HART’s Ridership Projections – Fantasies, Fairytales and Alternative Facts
This week Tim Apicella sits down with Cliff Slater, co-author of a recent news article criticizing HART’s wildly inflated rail ridership projections. They discuss those numbers in detail along with the surging cost of the project, and pleas from the mayors office to obtain more tax dollars from the state legislature. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live […]
Rail Needs More Money – How Initial Costs and Ridership Estimates Were Sold
This week, Tim Apicella looks at the specific numbers of rail cost overruns and over inflated ridership projections. How we got into the financial mess was put in place from the start, despite warning from city auditors. Tim focuses on recent reports that clearly point that the rail project was off track from the start. […]
Honolulu Rail Costs Are Sky High – Bringing the Rail Down to Earth
The elevated rail system is short $3Billion to get past Middle Street to Ala Moana. Scott WIlson and Tim Apicella sit down to discuss real ways to bring down the cost and the height of the rail line down to street level. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm […]
Hawaii’s Traffic Solutions – Should Honolulu Employers Be Involved?
Our peak-hour traffic gridlock occurs because motorists are trying to get to work and school all at the same time. Do employers have a role in trying to help solve the rush hour traffic problem to downtown? Mikal Wasch was in charge of Boeing’s Transportation Program and shares with Tim Apicella what strategies worked in […]
Come Sail with Me – Time to Float Honolulu’s Ferry Again?
Stan Osserman visits Tim Apicella to discuss alternate ideas to ease gridlock from Kapolei to Pearl Harbor and Downtown. The City’s demo of “The Boat” did not last long, but the concept can still work with the right adjustments. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, […]