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

of 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 1966Requires 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,

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Section 4(F)

National Transportation ActRequires 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 of way of elevated Transit

33 Other Sites ImpactedDillingham Transportation Building

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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