Rail Kills Buses
How have other cities who have rail fared? Has it helped their transportation problems? This month's issue of Honolulu magazine contains a look at the experience of Los Angeles with rail.
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Honolulu magazine
Editor's Page: Trains Kill Buses
Twenty years of urban rail expansion in Los Angeles has done nothing to improve traffic and a lot to strangle bus service.
by A. Kam Napier
Mufi Hannemann may be out as mayor of Honolulu, but plans for rail go on. The strongest contenders in this month’s election support it, including acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell and city prosecutor Peter Carlisle. Only University of Hawaii engineering professor Panos Prevedouros opposes rail, advocating high-occupancy expressways.
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