Alan Umeda, you are spot on.   Oahu has so many things that need to be addressed and we're pouring money into the rail black hole.  There is no assurance that rail will be built for 10 billion or that it will get anywhere near the ridership that was projected.

In the meantime, we have record numbers of homeless, third world country roads, sewer issues and traffic issues.

Sadly, many of these issues could have been addressed with the money wasted on rail.