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To review our comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement that we submitted on February 6, go to honolulutraffic.com. Over the coming weeks we will be changing all our educational material to the honolulutraffic.com website.

For the November General Election ballot question on rail the vote was 50.6 percent in favor and, as we like to think of it, 49.4 percent were not in favor. Consider the amount of money they threw at us and the political risk they took with the reputations of the entire congressional delegation telling us ("believe me" they said) that it was to take care of traffic when they all knew full well that traffic congestion in the future with rail will be worse than it is today. It is surprising that they did not get a greater favorable vote.

THE SIX ISSUES THAT ARE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE RAIL VS. BUS DEBATE:
	TRAFFIC CONGESTION: Rail transit will result in future traffic congestion far worse than it is today, according to the City's official studies. However, most people never get to see the studies. see more	TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS: HOT BRT or Bus/Rapid Transit on High-Occupancy Toll lanes is the nationally recognized and effective alternative — it will reduce our traffic congestion and our taxes see more	ENERGY SAVINGS: Modern rail transit is not green; it is less energy efficient than autos, it is noisy and elevated through town would be downright ugly — the epitome of urban blight destroying Honolulu. see more
	THE CITY'S BUDGET: We cannot afford $6 billion. If, as Senator Inouye said, a $1 billion sewer upgrade would bankrupt the city, what will a $6 billion rail line do? What will happen to city services? see more	FOLLOW THE MONEY is what rail transit is really all about. Unlike highways built by the low bidder, rail transit provides funds that flow from non-bid contractors into the campaign coffers of city elected officials. see more	DECEPTION: The city is running a shell game. We have been grossly misled about rail transit's supposed benefits. We list the many, many ways the city has misled us and to do it we use federal and city data. see more

LATEST NEWS

WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED ALL THE NEWS SECTIONS INTO WWW.HONOLULUTRAFFIC.COM TO ECONOMIZE ON OUR VOLUNTEERS TIME. THIS SITE (STOP RAIL NOW) IS STILL THE BEST ONE FOR FIRST TIMERS TO START WITH.

VOLUNTEERS PLEASE CHECK EVENTS TAB ABOVE FOR SIGN WAVING.

RADIO SPOT #1 re future traffic congestion. For information sources see TRAFFIC CONGESTION above and also click here.

RADIO SPOT #2 re increases in property taxes. For information sources click here.

RADIO SPOTS #3, #4, and #5. For sources of information and to hear the spots click here

Information sources for statements made in our latest red brochure.

Information sources for the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin ads of Sunday, September 14, 2008

Information sources for the September 2008, fundraising letter