Editing Honolulu (section)

====Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation====
In November 2010, voters approved a charter amendment to create a [[public transit]] authority to oversee the planning, construction, operation and future extensions to Honolulu's rail system, now known as [[Skyline (Honolulu)|Skyline]]. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) has a 10-member board of directors, with three members appointed by the mayor, three selected by the Honolulu City Council, and the city and state transportation directors.<ref name="HART">{{cite web|url=http://www.honolulutransit.org/hart.aspx |author=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |author-link=Skyline (Honolulu) |title=HART – Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |publisher=Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation |location=Honolulu |access-date=July 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422000532/http://www.honolulutransit.org/hart.aspx |archive-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref>

The opening of the first phase of the Skyline was delayed until 2023, as HART canceled the initial bids for the first nine stations, rebid the work as three packages of three stations each, and allowed more time for construction in the hope that increased competition on smaller contracts would drive down costs;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://m.kitv.com/news/hart-cancels-bids-for-first-9-rail-stations/27967000 |title=HART cancels bids for first 9 rail stations |newspaper=[[KITV]] |date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129163425/http://m.kitv.com/news/hart-cancels-bids-for-first-9-rail-stations/27967000 |archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> initial bids ranged from $294.5&nbsp;million to $320.8&nbsp;million, far surpassing HART's budget of $184&nbsp;million.<ref>honolulutransit.org [http://www.honolulutransit.org/media/280559/20140814-weekly-eblast.pdf Honolulu Transit E-Blast (PDF)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225150532/http://www.honolulutransit.org/media/280559/20140814-weekly-eblast.pdf |date=December 25, 2014}} August 18, 2014.</ref>