text: A very good digest and summary of some of the principles behind "planning" ideology which have led to the situation we find ourselves in, domination of the automobile.  I had forgotten what was being said in 1970 about Oahu's lack of alternatives to the automobile. Well, the alternative is HART. Ugly, costly, controversial and probably not the best.....but now we own it even though it is not done. It will provide an alternative for people who chose to ride it instead of driving their car for 2 hours one way each day. It probably won't reduce auto traffic, and this was said early-on. It just provided an alternative mode of transport.  Of course, some years ago, we were sold the "second city" which was supposed to be not only the new residential area on Oahu, but also the new employment area which, up until now, has not fulfilled that unfortunate prediction, although in years to come, no doubt, there will be employment and business growth in Ewa, Leeward, Central and the North shore.