An outside auditor for HART describes Natalie Iwasa’s idea for a hotline as a “best practice.”

HART’s new executive director Lori Kahikina says she’s open to any ideas that avoid having to get special utility clearances along Dillingham Boulevard.

Natalie Iwasa has long attended Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board meetings to raise questions about rail. Now the Legislature has made her a non-voting member of the board.

Bill Brennan and Joyce Oliveira were two of the longest-serving employees at a tumultuous agency that’s seen heavy turnover.

The government-spending watchdog and frequent rail critic known as “Bike Mom” will lend an independent voice, the House Speaker said.

From stalled utility work in the Dillingham corridor to a failed P3 deal, rail suffered one setback after another.

UPDATED: The city’s outgoing environmental services director joins rail right as HART struggles with utility relocations along Dillingham.

Andy Robbins is the latest chief executive to have the axe fall on him at the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.

A yearlong extension buys the city more time, but it’s not clear whether the FTA will see enough progress to release the funds.

Major utility problems on Dillingham Boulevard and a failed P3 effort helped seal the fate of rail’s latest executive director.