High Speed Rail Between Hilo and Kona

[Carey]

Jeff, That is right, the alignment of these rails is very critical (we took them in France while we were there, the rails must be absolutely aligned) Japan does have both, and there is much maintenance involved to have realignment of the rails.
Maintenance will cost the Hawaii taxpayers. Most countries with very efficient transit systems fund them with very high road taxes (ie gasoline tax - that is one of the reasons many coutries have historically had fuel costs that are 2x the US) along with higher government taxes. I am sure that if the majority of taxpayers are willing to pay for this...
So the real question is, is anyone willing to put in the time to get the signatures & votes to make this happen?
PS. When we moved here, we spent a lot of time going back & forth on where to live. I have always lived in a semi rural area sort of close to a more urban area (much like HPP & Orchidland). We realized that the transportation options on this island, like most areas, will always favor a more populated area. We bought our house mainly because it was already near mass transit and other public services... that is another option in this county, live near the available services or not....