I believe the politics and the service industry go together like...well as I am trying to think of a politically correct example of total opposites, I can't...but they don't go together at all. The traffic in Honolulu is nasty, and I am one of those nuts that LOVES to drive!
We had a plan to put a rail system in place years ago but the incoming mayor killed the plan. Several mayors later it's back! We need it so bad, it's crazy that there is actually a Stop Rail Now" group. I don't know where these people live or who is behind them (Big Oil Perhaps???) but they must sit in the same traffic I do. Over the years it has become more and more packed on our streets and freeways.
What we will also need is a new freeway. The new freeway should run from deep on the West Side of the Island, past the Kahi Power Plant, through Kapolei and Ewa Beach and finally merge with the H1 on the far side of Downtown Honolulu. In the past we have build new freeways and just connected them to the end of the previously built freeways. The congestion at the merges creates a back up that takes a 20 minute drive and turns it into a 90 minute ordeal.
Rail will make an excellent first step and we will be able to expand it once we have the basic system in place. I would be very happy to ride an elevated train to work and save 50 to 60 minutes in the mornings and afternoons. Please join us at go rail go!
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