Until the mayor, governor, head of the State DOT or City DTS get to visit the traffic control center of a city that employs an Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System such as the Medowlands Adaptive Signal System for Traffic Reduction - all the people of this island will get are transit experts preaching rail.
Or have them see for themselves how traffic flows faster without a traffic light at the center of an intersection with a green, yellow, or red Arrow whereby vehicles make a left turn simultaneously with traffic moving forward.
The only people who knows what I am talking about concerning a traffic light with a green, yellow, or red light, are those who drive in downtown Honolulu during morning and afternoon rush hour.   
Really,  "Salvage the Rail" preaches an idea - - "street level rail" - that is obsolete in this modern age