Honolulu Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam represents the area that includes the downtown area and Chinatown. ⁠ ⁠ He joined The Conversation live on Wednesday morning to talk about squaring up with concerns about pushing the negative elements further into Chinatown as a result of a new law to create the Downtown Honolulu Business Improvement District.⁠ ⁠ "I want Chinatown to have a voice, and so simply sticking them together under the same umbrella wouldn't necessarily allow Chinatown to have t

The new segment of the Honolulu rail system opened Thursday morning, adding four new stops, including at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and Joint-Base Pearl Harbor Hickam.⁠ ⁠ During the opening ceremony on Wednesday, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi laid out his bold goal for the city’s rail system.⁠ ⁠ “I put a stake in the ground and I set a minimum of 25,000 riders a day over the course of the next year. And that's no small challenge, but I'm confident we can get there and we will ge