Articles, Letters and Quotations in Newspapers
(Since December 1996)
- Forbes.com, Bidders
Vie for $5B Oahu Transit System, Associated Press, January 31, 2008
- USA Today, Hawaii prepares for ferry service on the islands - May 1, 2006
- LA News, What's got your goat driving on our crowded roadways? - June 7, 2007
- San Diego Union-Tribune, Steel
wins panel's support, February 22, 2008
- MSN, UH
Manoa study proposes traffic alternatives, March 25, 2008
- Honolulu Magazine, Are We Ready for Rail -- Our City on Rails, pp.53-68,
March 2007.
- Honolulu Magazine, Letter to Editor -- Our City on Rails, April 2007.
- Hawaii Reporter 50
People Who Rocked Hawaii in 2003, December 31, 2003
- Hawaii Reporter Slow
Down, You Move Too Fast, Gotta Make That Morning Traffic Last, April 22, 2004
- Hawaii Reporter Environmental
Assessment Needed for Ala Wai Boulevard 'Improvements', August 16,
2004
- Hawaii Reporter
Five Mistakes the Harris Administration Made That Worsened Traffic on Oahu
and Advice to the New Mayor of Honolulu to Make Traffic Flow Smoother, October 5, 2004
- Hawaii Reporter,
Why a Single Rail Line with 12-15 Stations
Is Bad Transportation Policy for Oahu, April 20, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter,
Rail Mass Transit for Hawaii a 'Certifiable
Loser', September 20, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter Little
Truth in Honolulu City Administation's Pro-Rail Commentary, November
22, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter
Commuting in America III, The Third National Report on Commuting Patterns
and Trends - A Summary for Hawaii'’s People and Decision Make,
December 7, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter
Honolulu Needs a Respectable Analysis Report to Help Honolulu Make the
Right Decision About Mass Transit, December 18, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter Myths
and Facts About Roadways and Rail, Some Promulgated by the Mayor
Himself, December 19, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter Honolulu's
Transit Alternatives Analysis Process: A Textbook Example of Doing It
Exactly the Wrong Way, December 20, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter A
Design for a HOT Expressway and Other Traffic Relief Projects for
Oahu, December 21, 2006
- Hawaii Reporter
Hawaii Senate Bill Would Improve Traffic Congestion and Ease Driving
Hassles, February 9, 2007
- Hawaii Reporter The Costs of Rails and Lanes
, June 11, 2007
- Hawaii Reporter Ethanol is Not Green
, June 11, 2007
- Hawaii Reporter Concerns About Aging or Dilapidated
Infrastructure Have Finally Caught the Public's Attention, August 23, 2007
- Hawaii Reporter Simple
Fixes to Reduce Oahu Commute Times By as Much as 50 Percent, September 13,
2007
- Hawaii Reporter Federal
Crunch on Funding for Local Transportation Projects Will Likely Impact
Hawaii, February 10, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Personal
Rapid Transit (PRT) Advantages, February 12, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Panos
Prevedouros to Speak on Transit Alternatives at Feb. 28 Small Business Hawaii
Sunrise, February 19, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Independent
Panel Selects Steel Wheel/Steel Rail as Fixed Guideway Vehicle Technology,
February 23, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Thank
You, Dr. Prevedouros: History and time will vindicate University of Hawaii professor's
vote against rail for Honolulu, February 23, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Unsmart Growth, March 12, 2008.
- Hawaii Reporter Honolulu
Transit Technology: Back to Square One, April 1, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Dr.
Panos Prevedouros Criticized
for Refusing to Rubber Stamp Mayor's Transit Plans but Personal
Attack is UnwarrantedApril 7, 2008
- Hawaii Reporter Vancouver
SkyTrain: Councilman Okino Says that it
Makes Money. Truth or Lie?, April 8, 2008
- Pacific Business News [not in digital database] Letter to Editor:
Mason's traffic ideas make good sense, December 30, 1996
- Pacific Business News Transportation
firms want new direction for rapid transit, August 15, 2003
- Pacific Business News, Hawaii
Bids to Hold International Meeting
on Freeways, Tollways, September 15, 2006
- Pacific Business News, City
Needs New Analysis before Deciding on
Transit, In My Opinion, December 8, 2006
- Pacific Business News, UH
Manoa study proposes traffic alternatives, March 25, 2008
- East-West Journal [not in digital database] Honolulu traffic study (in
Japanese) - front page headline article - April 15, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser [not in digital database] Traffic experts seek
facter way to clear crashes - front page article - February 1, 1999
- Honolulu Advertiser [not in digital database] UH engineer has ideas
for improving H-1 flow, January 31, 2000
- Honolulu Advertiser Rush-hour
test will shut Lunalilo on-ramp to H-1, March 19, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser H-1
gridlock study offers help - front page headline article, March 15,
2003
- Honolulu Advertiser BRT:
a ticking time bomb, August 25, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser Crosswalks:
Some buttons work, others don't - front page article, March 16,
2004
- Honolulu Advertiser
Dialing
and driving a recipe for disaster, April 21, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser
Letter
to the Editor: Misconceptions about freeway study, April 8, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser
Hawai'i
drivers admit to dangerous habits - front page article, April 19,
2004
- Honolulu Advertiser
Narrower
lanes could make commuting safer, quicker, May 13, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser
Quick
fixes part of state plan to keep traffic moving, March 23, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser
State
officials weighing issue of speed vs. safety, May 12, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser
Traffic:
Small can be beautiful, October 20, 2003
- Honolulu Advertiser [not in digital database] Pali crosswalk
experiment called a success, January 20, 2001
- Honolulu Advertiser [not in digital database] 6 dozen projects snarl
Oahu traffic - front page article, May 21, 2000
- Honolulu Advertiser Traffic
woes can be eased, November 22, 2002
- Honolulu Advertiser Courteous
driving can be bad habit - front page article, July 26, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser Rush-hour
test will shut Lunalilo on-ramp to H-1, March 19, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu traffic on road to less gridlock, study says, September 8,
2004
- Honolulu Advertiser Tens
of thousands of new cars hit the road - front page headline article, September 26, 2004
- Honolulu Advertiser State
'protecting' traffic information - front page headline article, April
18, 2005
- Honolulu Advertiser Kapi'olani
Blvd. tops list of accident sites - part of special issue on traffic
safety, Sunday, April 17, 2005
- Honolulu Advertiser,
Rail Opponents Propose Tollways, August 22, 2005
- Honolulu Advertiser,
Traffic Expert: State Lacks 'Catastrophe' Plan, September 6, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser,
City's Rail Ridership Forecast Released, September 15, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser, In
The Hot Seat: Mayor Mufi Hannemann -- "blogging it" with the Mayor, November 22, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser, Experts
disagree on ridership, December 7, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser, Much
more must be done before transit vote, December 21, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser, Mass-transit
system historic vote at hand, December 22, 2006
- Honolulu Advertiser, 20 miles of rail
by 2017, January 31, 2007
- Honolulu Advertiser, Ethanol
Use not a Wise Energy Policy, June 11, 2007
- Honolulu Advertiser, Transit
specs call for 40-minute commute, February 6, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, Transit
experts to make pick today , February 22, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, Steel
rail option chosen for Honolulu transit, February 23, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, City needs
quick action on rail technology issue, February 25, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, Mayor
says Honolulu rail needs quick start, March 2, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, UH
professor offers alternatives to rail system, March
26, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, Anti-rail
efforts driven by vocal pair, May 5, 2008
- Honolulu Advertiser, How
do people respond to higher gas
prices?, May 12, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Hawaii Carpool
rate is best in nation, March 3, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, UH study halves
travel time - front page headline article, May 18, 2003
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, City's
greatness deserves rapid transit that works, September 9, 2003
- Honolulu Star Bulletin,
National
traffic study shows Honolulu gridlock is easing, October 1, 2003
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, DOT well
aware of H-1 bottlenecks around offramps, April 25, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Letter to
the Editor: Use caution in decision on BRT, October 5, 2001
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Letter to
the Editor: City must coordinate traffic signals, May 12, 1997
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Highways chief
challenges critical audit, March 25, 2000
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Letter to
Editor: Pali Highway is safer to cross thanks to DOT, July 21,
2000
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Letter to
Editor: It takes too long on Oahu to investigate accidents , December 26, 1998
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, The
Gathering Place Guest Editorial: Don't get jammed up with fixed transit
idea, Sunday, May 30, 2004
A reader of the Honolulu Advertiser responded as follows to this Star
Bulletin article:
Experience
shows failure of light rail: A May 28, 2005 article by UH's
Panos Prevedouros and UCLA's Brian Taylor's Access magazine article "Rethinking Traffic Congestion" should be required
reading for those in state and city government who think spending $2
billion on an 'Ewa-Honolulu light-rail system will do anything to
eliminate traffic congestion on H-1. ...Mike Rethman - Kane'ohe
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Easing
congestion: A three-month demonstration project will close the Lunalilo
Street onramp, August 8, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Report suggests
isle traffic on easy street: A local expert rejects the conclusions of a
national analysis on urban traffic flows - front page article, September 8, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Editorial: Jammed roads
dispute report’s finding
of reduced traffic, September 9, 2004
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Experts Gather to
Discuss Honolulu's Traffic Gridlock, November 18, 2004.
- Honolulu Star Bulletin,
"Rail or a real solution? -- Adding
toll lanes to the existing freeway is a better way to relieve Honolulu's
traffic congestion, Sunday, October 15, 2006
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Gathering Place: Far from being 'green,' ethanol harms
environment and wallets - June 10, 2007
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Many isle motorists going solo: A study shows that
while carpooling remains high, more people drive alone, June 14, 2007.
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Raiding highway funds won’t
fix isle problems, July 7, 2007
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Let
Lingle have vetoes, groups ask, July 7, 2007
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Council’s
resolutions push flexible work hours, August 16, 2007
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Group files complaint to
halt city’s rail proposal, September 87, 2007.
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Council allows panel to
choose technology, January 24, 2008.
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, 12
proposals submitted for transit
system, January 30, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Transit meeting
going public: Experts chosen to pick the design of the new rail system will take
public testimony, February 12, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Transit gurus
have a week to choose gear: A panel of experts must review data on different
technologies without discussing it, February 16, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Panel picks steel
transit system, February 23, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Lawmakers not
surprised by steel wheel pick, February 23, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, Rail
critics utilize power of pen:
About 50 opponents initiate a petition to halt the city's plans for the transit
system, April 22, 2008
- Honolulu Star Bulletin, City
glossed over truth about cost of HOT lanes, May 3, 2008
- Ka Leo O Hawaii, Rail
opponents speak out on public television -- UH prof says elevated highways
a better alternative,
Newspaper of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, January 19, 2007.
- Ka Leo O Hawaii, UH Day
at the Capitol, Newspaper of the University of Hawaii at Manoa,
January 22, 2007.