09-02-2007, 02:36 PM
Personally, I tend to agree with Carrie. The point of economics, I do not think there is a taxpayer base large enough on Hawaii to, not just make the basic payment but the maintenance too. Add in earthquake and the costs go higher. Japan has well over 1/3, (128 million), the population as the entire USA; (298 million). I've ridden the fast trains, bullet, and others in Japan too. Pretty impressive.
Japan has the economic base to afford their fast trains.. Los Angeles recently installed a train system at tremendous expense, as it's not working out.. Hawaii at 150 thousand, in my opinion, lacks the finical strength for a system to and from Kona any way you look at it.. It's much more likely priority would be; increased building or completing a highway on saddleback and adding more busses to these routes.. .
Japan has the economic base to afford their fast trains.. Los Angeles recently installed a train system at tremendous expense, as it's not working out.. Hawaii at 150 thousand, in my opinion, lacks the finical strength for a system to and from Kona any way you look at it.. It's much more likely priority would be; increased building or completing a highway on saddleback and adding more busses to these routes.. .