O'ahu rail moves proposed station away from new UH campus

[KamaAina]

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and onto the site of a proposed sprawling 15,000-home development nearby, which already had one station planned. If they actually build out 15,000 homes and each is occupied by a family of three (a lowball estimate), Ho'opili would become the second-largest "city" in the state!

http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/09/news/story04.html

The city's decision to move a transit station farther away from the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus might affect ridership, the campus chancellor said yesterday.

After months of discussion and several route proposals, the city eliminated a transit stop next to the West Oahu campus.

Instead, the city has decided on a stop about six blocks -- an estimated 10- to 15-minute walk -- away from the main campus in a D.R. Horton-Schuler community development.

Gene Awakuni, UH-West Oahu chancellor, wanted the transit stop to be about a five-minute walk away, making it more convenient for students and creating an incentive to use mass transit.

Might affect ridership? You think? Bear in mind that they're actually planning to build this line from the outside in, starting in the far Leeward suburbs and not even reaching downtown Honolulu for several years!

Looking at the map, it looks like it might be possible to add a spur into UH-West O'ahu at some future date.



edit: header, to avoid confusion with UH-Manoa