Civil Beat, your recent poll may have indicated that residents have reached a consensus that rail should proceed in spite of burgeoning cost, but do the findings truly reflect the will of those polled? Does the typical poll respondent know how little $8.6 billion will buy in terms of relieving traffic congestion?  We won't know unless the questions in your next poll include basic, undisputed rail facts (found in the EIS) regarding this hugely important issue. I urge you to consider using poll questions such as:  

1)  According to the City’s Environmental Impact Statement, it is predicted that in the year 2030, if rail transit is built, there will be about 1.7% fewer car trips daily on Oahu’s roads than there would be if no rail transit is built. If rail transit can reduce traffic congestion by about 1.7%, should the city build the $8.6 billion rail project from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center?

See my next post for sample poll question # 2