Pukele, again...the ridership projections in the FEIS were based solely on the addition of the rail system and excluded any other policies or actions that could influence mode choice. They were also in the context of a 25% increase in total daily trips from 3.2 to 4 million due to resident and visitor population increase. 

The rail system will have enough capacity to accommodate significantly higher ridership, and if you need me to, I would be more than happy to lay out the details of the rail's capacity. 

There are many policies and programs that could dramatically increase rail ridership, leading to actual decreases in traffic congestion, even compared to today's traffic.  My article suggests that it would be a good idea for the city to come up with high level ridership and/or mode shift targets and a plan for implementing a coordinated set of policies for achieving those targets.