FTA recently presented the Honolulu Authority for Regional Transportation (HART) with a $1.55 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement for rail transit in Honolulu. Participants in the signing ceremony included, from left: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood; Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI); Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI); FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff; Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI); Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle; Irene Inouye, representing her late husband, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI); Honolulu City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson; Honolulu City Council Chair Ernest Martin; and HART Chief Executive Officer Dan Grabauskas.