HART WEEKLY eBLAST  | SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

  

HONOLULU'S DRIVERLESS RAIL SYSTEM

 


 

Honolulu's rail transit system will be the first driverless light metro system in the United States. 


 
The fully-automated system will be equipped with several safety and security features, including closed-circuit TV cameras and emergency call boxes.  A computer system which will be located at HART's operations and control center in Waipahu will continuously monitor and adjust the speed of the trains to stay within safe programmed limits.

 

The system will also track the distance between trains and will be able to detect any unscheduled opening of train or platform doors and gates.  If these or similar conditions were to occur, trains would automatically be brought to a safe stop.

 

Honolulu's driverless system will be economical, reliable and, above all, safe for our passengers.

 

Read more about Honolulu's fully-automated system in this article at The Atlantic's CityLab.

 

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

 

HART has scheduled 2 meetings next week to inform the public about a noise variance application it has submitted to the state health department for construction in the City Center segment of the rail project.

 

The first meeting is planned for Tuesday, September 23 at the Farrington High School Library Conference Room.  The school is located at 1564 North King Street.  Doors open at 6 p.m. and the meeting will get underway at 6:30.

 

The following evening, Wednesday, September 24, the meeting will move to the Maui Suite at the Blaisdell Center, 777 Ward Avenue.  Again, doors will open at 6 p.m. and the meeting program will begin at 6:30.

 

HART has applied for a variance so that its contractors can conduct construction activities at night and on weekends.

HART CEO ON "SUNRISE" 

HART CEO Dan Grabauskas shows pieces of Honolulu's aluminum rail 

car train frame to reporter Howard Dicus


 
HART Executive Director and CEO Dan Grabauskas provided a rail project update this week on Hawaii News Now "Sunrise."


 

Check out his interview with Howard Dicus here:

 http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26547343/grabauskas-cites-responsibility-to-keep-costs-low


 

 

 WEEKLY TRAFFIC ALERT

Sunday, September 21 to Friday, September 26

 

 

 

EWA

Farrington Highway between Kualakai Parkway (North-South Road) and Old Fort Weaver Road will be closed weeknights between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. through September. Motorists should instead use either the H-1 Freeway or Kapolei Parkway.

 

Left turns from Farrington Highway onto Fort Weaver Road northbound will be restricted 24/7 until the end of September. Eastbound drivers using Farrington Highway will need to take a detour up Leoku Street and use either Leolua Street or Waipahu Street to access Fort Weaver Road.

 

H-1 FREEWAY WAIAWA INTERCHANGE

Two southbound lanes of the H-2 Freeway near the H-1/H-2 merge will be closed Sunday through Thursday between 8:30 p.m. and 4 a.m.

 

WAIPAHU

Eastbound lanes of Farrington Highway from Waipahu Depot Street to Aniani Place and inside lanes from Waipahu Depot Street to Mokuola Street will be closed weeknights between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

The westbound lanes of Farrington Highway near Waipahu High School will be closed weeknights between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. The inside lanes of Farrington Highway near Paiwa Street will also be closed during those days and hours. One eastbound lane of Farrington Highway will be closed in the area weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Westbound left-turn lane pockets at Paiwa Street and Kahualii Street will be shortened 24/7 during the construction. 

 

PEARL CITY

Various sections of Kamehameha Highway along the outside lanes in both directions in Pearl City and Aiea will be closed weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 

  
Two westbound lanes along Kamehameha Highway between Waiawa Road and Waimano Home Road will be closed weeknights between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. and two eastbound lanes between 8 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. The Waimano Home Road intersection will also be closed weeknights after 9 p.m.  One eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between Waiawa Road and Waimano Home Road will be closed weekdays 24/7 until early October. 

 

Two westbound lanes of Kamehameha Highway between Puu Poni Street and Kaonohi Street will be closed weeknights between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.  Two eastbound lanes will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.  Westbound drivers will be contraflowed to the eastbound lanes between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.  One eastbound lane in the same vicinity will also be closed 24/7.

 

AIEA
Eastbound drivers on Kamehameha Highway between Pali Momi Street and Honomanu Street will be contraflowed to the westbound lanes weeknights between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
 
An eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between Lipoa Place and Pali Momi Street will be closed 24/7.
 
The eastbound Moanalua Freeway on-ramp near McGrew Point will be closed weeknights
between 8 p.m. and 5:30 a.m.
 
The right eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between the Moanalua Freeway on-ramp and Salt Lake Boulevard will be closed 24/7.  Two westbound lanes near the Moanalua Freeway/Kamehameha Highway merge will also be closed weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.
 
DOWNTOWN/KAKAAKO
The right westbound lane of Nimitz Highway between Punchbowl Street and Alakea Street will be closed Sunday through Thursday between 8:30 p.m. and 4 a.m. One westbound lane of Nimitz Highway from Bethel Street to Awa Street will also be closed during those days and hours. 
 
The westbound shoulder lane of Queen Street from Waimanu Street to Kamakee Street will be closed Monday and Tuesday between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The inside lanes of Queen Street in the same area will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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