I always believed that the best way to decrease traffic was to make Kapolei a true second city.  Unfortunately, initial development in that area has been disappointing since they just made it a large bedroom community on steroids.  Now that the hotels in the area are taking off and if the legislature can't agree on the tax increase, one of the alternatives that should be considered is stopping the rail at the Airport and then extending it out to Ko Olina.  Sure it would need an EIS for the section going through Kapolei, but it would be the catalyst for further development (hopefully upwards instead of outwards) in that area to transform it into the true second city that it was supposed to be.  If they run out of money, I am sure the hotels in the area would be willing to chip in to defray some of the costs since it would reach them which is as of now a pain to get to from the airport.  Any comments?