""HART and rail is an investment in the future that will pay for itself""

Lies and more lies.   The only real income from rail is the fare box which only covers about 30% of the operation cost of the rail.  The rest is subsidized by tax payers.   There might also be some income from posters and ads in the rail cars but it will be nowhere near enough to cover the cost of running the rail.

And the rail certainly will not be worthy of the 16-20 billion it will cost to build it and the 15 to 20 million dollar monthly bill for operations and maintenance.

Also, rail will not relieve traffic in any meaningful way.  It did not produce the jobs that were promised and it did not result in the affordable housing that was pitched to promote the rail.