why rail is dumb

[punaticbychoice]

kalakoa @18:07:00-
Might work if we had competent politicians and bureaucrats.
But we don't.
But we would create a 21st century version of Ionesco and Kafkaesque absurdism.
All the time- not just some of the time - like now.[]

[kimo wires]

If they ever get rail done it will be a huge logistics game changer for the Hotels/restaurant industry on Oahu. Suddenly it will be possible to stay away from Waikiki without a car but still able to go there day, or night on a whim. If you have travel to the mainland you could stay over night at a cheaper hotel near the airport and still go out in town without having to worry about parking. So I would take advantage of that ,If it ever comes to fruition, and try to convince myself that I am benefiting from helping to pay for it. Anyway the entire state is gonna get railed.

[punaticbychoice]

kimo wires @21:54:46-
It's all in the execution, so to speak.
We're going to see, I guess.

[loffelkopffl]

rail will be great!
people always whine until it's done

[punaticbychoice]

kimo wires:
Noticed a lot of HART funding got shifted to tourism based taxes yesterday.
So given your observation about changes in tourism experiences, maybe an attack of sensibility
on the part of the legislature?

[kalakoa]

http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...l-tax-rail

While other counties would be spared paying for the project, they still will see a drop in revenue.

How is that not "paying for the project"?

[terracore]

It's just like a realty commission, only the seller pays, right?

"glad to hear...I completely miss that sentiment in your post"

Sometimes I forget that I'm the only one who can hear the voices in my head.

[mermaid53]

If some of you recall, before H3 was built, lots of people were complaining about it being the most expensive highway in the nation and the impact it would have in that beautiful valley. Accusations that it was only for the military to get from one side to the other in half the time.

After it was done, we all realized how convenient it was to get to work, to the airport, get to the other side of the island in half the time...it brought more business to both sides of the island as well.

[Frank]

"Sometimes I forget that I'm the only one who can hear the voices in my head."

a great truth...

[Midnight Rambler]

mermaid53: And coincidentally, one of the biggest and loudest opponents of the H3 was Cliff Slater, one of the authors of this very article.

Big infrastructure projects are always like this. They cost twice as much as anticipated, take twice as long to build, cause a lot of disruption, and everyone hates them. Then once it's done, after a couple of years nobody can live without it. Look up the history of the BART in SF-Oakland or the LA Metro, they're much the same.