@wiliki:  Let's see.  The project was originally slated back in 2003 to cost $3.5 Billion.  Then it went up to $5.3 Billion.  After that, it kept increasing up to $6.8 Billion. Then, it went up to almost $10 Billion.  Now they are trying to scale it back to $8-9 Billion and to this day, the Mayor and HART still claim that they have no idea what the final cost of the system will be (which depending on cost overruns has a high possibility of costing at least $10 Billion according to the FTA's own estimates).  So what part of this project hasn't been a fiscal disaster?  Not to mention all of the small businesses that have gone out of business on the rail segment (with many more that will go out of business when it reaches Dillingham and Downtown).