A comment by BluesBreaker on favorable poll support for rail seems to have disappeared. Anyway, this is my reply.  Star-Advertiser poll (1-18-16) showing favorable numbers for completion of the rail project: It showed that 57 percent support completion of rail at a cost of $6.57 billion. At $8 billion, however, only 41 percent support rail; at $10 billion, only 30 percent support rail; and at $12 billion, only 22 percent support rail. With the current cost, therefore, there is no majority support for rail. Favorable support can only be regained through cost-effective conversion to maglev.