@Roy Kamisato:  Your argument for protecting development on the North Shore and Kailua by concentrating development in the urban corridor is baloney.  Kailua and the North Shore areas have been doing just fine limiting development of those areas way before the rail was even established and they will continue to do so whether or not rail exists in the future.  You also haven't considered the additional local traffic that would be generated by the increase in feeder buses in the areas that have rail stations which would blunt your argument that street level light rail isn't practical when it is and has served a lot more communities with better ridership than most heavy rail solutions at a significantly lower cost.  The point is we have to start living within our means and continuing to build a train that no one (Not even HART) knows what the exact cost will be when all is said and done is ludicrous!