Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

[mattyj]

Re: Hawaii Superferry

Sure,

Is anyone as stoked as I am to see the Ferry system in Hawaii. My dad lives on the Big Island, and I am an avid kitesurfer and windsurfer, so a maui trip would be AWESOME! Dive on with your gear and family and drive off and visit the folks. KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kimo55]

Re: Hawaii Superferry

uh... any way you could possibly rephrase the question?

[mattyj]

Hawaii Superferry

And I am not talking abot a dragqueen super hero.

I severyone as stoked about this as I am??

[Miulang]

Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

With all the new competition in interisland air carriers beginning next year (and if market forces work the way they should to lower airfares through competition), would the Superferry become less important, if the prices for the ferry were similar to what some of the smaller, newer air carriers would charge? I'm just curious if the price and convenience of travelling by air would outweigh having their cars travel with the people and less convenient schedules for the ferry? I know the military is just salivating at the arrival of the Superferry because they will be able to use it to transport their equipment and personnel between Oahu and the Big Island for training, but will it make that much of a difference to resident civilians?

Miulang

[Composite 2992]

Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

Looks like the legal barriers have been lifted -- for now.

Of course the Sierra Club is saying it might file an appeal.

[Miulang]

Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

Well, you can blame Maui County, the Sierra Club and other Maui organizations for again slowing down progress of the Superferry. The judge presiding over the case promised to issue her ruling "soon". Hopefully there's still time for funding to come through on this project.

Miulang

[Composite 2992]

Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

At its peak the Superferry is expected to carry just a small fraction of vehicles and passengers moved by other means, including cruise ships, barges and aircraft.

Yet these other modes of interisland transportation aren't going to be subject to the same environmental impact statement requirements demanded by the Superferry?

If the Superferry actually gets to run I hope these opposing individuals don't expect to actually use it. If the Sierra Club has a major project on a neighbor island, they can go through the time and hassle of shipping all their equipment and vehicles by barge, take a seperate plane, then figure out how to get to their vehicles and gear, all the while hoping a lot of what was in the trucks didn't "fall off the barge" along the way.

[Miulang]

Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3

Yeah, you can blame the whacko environmentalists and the Maui County Council for putting the skids on this one.
Miulang

[Glen Miyashiro]

Great. Another lawsuit to delay the Superferry.