The final environmental impact statement concluded that without rail, traffic will increase by 23%.  With rail, it will increase by ONLY 21%!  Either way, traffic increases significantly.  We will pay billions just to reduce the INCREASE in traffic by 2%.  As one of the HART board members said, "It's not about reducing traffic congestion."  Hello, maybe the rest of the people on Oahu should know about that because that's what they think the rail is for!