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HART is looking into helping to cover a $3.6 billion shortfall with a share of a new 3% city hotel tax, but the City Council is noncommittal and the hotel industry is wary.

A group of trespassers recently breached a station and wandered onto the elevated track, prompting the warning.

No prior board nominee in HART’s decade-long history received the same public scrutiny over qualifications and potential conflicts as Aalto did, reflecting a growing unease with the project.

A former FTA planning director says it’s time to pause and study the best path forward for the troubled transit project.

Updated: The nomination of Joe Uno’s proposed replacement, Anthony Aalto, could go before the full City Council next week.

HART officials now hope to shore up rail’s finances with money from the 3% hotel tax the city is authorized to impose.

Rail contractors were paid to ramp up and be ready to perform utility relocation work that didn’t materialize.

The nomination of pro-rail journalist, environmentalist and filmmaker Anthony Aalto to serve on the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board has some critics questioning his qualifications.

The firm’s former in-house counsel had alleged illegal activity related to rail work in 2019.

The most recent rail ridership estimates are down almost 18%, largely based on a pre-pandemic drop in bus ridership.