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Dear Supporters of Rail Transit,

It is true that the roads of Hawaii will be more congested in the future, and that our traffic jams have been ranked one of the worst in the country. If a rail transit is built, it would be able to hold 300 passengers and take about 25,000 vehicles off the road each day. The H-1 Freeway may eventually be inadequate for the projected population growth of Hawaii.
But is a rail transit really the right answer? Just building it will cost 3.7 billion dollars. The profit the transit makes may eventually reach that much money to equal out the cost of making it, but when? Our economy is already in a recession. How do you know people are even going to ride the transit? Most of the island already have cars, so why would they not ride in something they've paid a lot of money for, just to ride in a rail transit that will save half an hour of their time?
How will the rail be convenient as well? There is no way you can stuff a rail transit in crowded neighborhoods and streets. It would be a considerable walking distance from most homes just to get to the transit. People now-a-days still use their cars to drive to places that are very nearby. The rail transit may be a creative idea, but certainly not the best solution.