The planning phase to extend the Honolulu rail to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa can now start, but a new segment on its other terminus, on the Kapolei side, could come first.
Skyline’s current route is slated to end at the Ala Moana Center, but last week the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 60 to give the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation the go-ahead to plan how to bring it to UH.
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, the agency tasked with orchestrating construction, was previously only allowed to work on the “minimum operating segment,” which ranges from its current east Kapolei station to its planned end at Ala Moana…