Our lawmakers were travelling with taxpayer monies decades ago to review rail systems in the states and abroad.  Unfortunately most of them as with our lawmakers today have little to no experience with actually using these systems. We were fortunate to have Frank Fasi as Mayor for many years. "The Bus" system we have today is his legacy.  Prior to that we had the HRT, Hawaii's plantation era's green meat wagons. Lack of experience fuels lack of vision.