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ellisonz

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10. L.A. and Honolulu are two different cities.
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 05:02 PM
Feb 2012

L.A. is very spread out, Honolulu is not. You could fit the entire island of Oahu in the L.A. basin. Rail makes sense for L.A. and I do use it sometimes to get across the L.A. basin, but it's real value is in its interconnection with other forms of transportation including private automobiles.

Honolulu needs to take steps to fundamentally shift its traffic patterns, but it is certainly debatable if things like dedicated bus lanes wouldn't solve the problem at a much lower cost than heavy rail. Doing anything in Honolulu is expensive as it is on an island in the middle of the Pacific and everything must be shipped in and the cost of labor is high. Some construction companies have actually been bringing in non-unionized workers to reduce their labor cost

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