Concerning public opinion, 70 percent of Oahu residents oppose a rail project with costs that will reach $10 billion according to a Star-Advertiser poll taken a year ago.
.
Applying that figure to registered voters, it indicates that more than 330,000 oppose rail at the current projection. If ten percent of these rail cost opponents showed up to testify against it at the City Council or State Legislature, this would be 33,000 people in the capitol’s chambers and in Honolulu Hale.
.
It's a Rail Mafia - there really should be a federal investigation using RICO racketeering laws. This is a minority of organized criminals using the government system for insider dealing and profiteering, stealing from and defrauding the majority of Oahu tax-payers.
.
$500 Million a mile to take less than 2% of the cars off the H-1 and by 2020-25 Smart self-driving electric vehicles will be freeing up lane space and creating virtual hot lanes. Rail will be a super expensive maintenance and operations bill.