Neither Professor Singh nor I were asked any questions. Following public testimony, when council members enter discussion that does NOT include others unless called to the podium, member Pine addressed maglev. She stated that the city spent a year looking at maglev before rejecting it, that maglev would be ten times more costly, and that the current project will only cost $100 per person per year. In an email to her last night, I pointed out that the Japanese maglev was dismissed in one line of the rail EIS (basically, a “hit” piece for steel wheels). Since the mayor now uses $8.2 billion as the low figure for the project, I wondered why she thought the maglev would cost $82 billion; apparently, she did not examine the (maglev) cost estimate sent to the council for completing the project under $6 billion. Finally, I calculated that it would cost each person on O’ahu $288 per year for 41 years for steel wheels. She stated the need for a solution even while rejecting the one offered.