"The higher the ridership on the rail system, the greater the reduction in traffic congestion, CO2 emissions, and household transportation costs"  This statement has not been scrutinized or realized as true as many studies done already have shown that Transit rail will not alleviate or reduce the weekday morning and evening traffic situaiton into and out of Downtown Honolulu.  Which by the way was one of the major selling points of rail by then Mayor Hanneman and others who sat in the mayor's chair, since then which is just like Caldwell's campaign slogan of "On time and On Budget" and we all know how that turned out, it was totally bogus and overblown!