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Serving Hawaiis taxpayers since 1985 1 A cost-disbenefit
analysis of the Honolulu rail project
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$5.2 billion to build $5,700 per adult & child $464,000 per
new commuter 10% increase in city budget 2
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20 miles and 21 stations population 915,000 3
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FIRST 4 MILES: ALOUN FARMS 4
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ENVIRONMENT: 5
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The biggest threat to Oahus landscape in the past 100 years.
Hawaiis Outdoor Circle 6
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ENVIRONMENT: 7
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Rail has united the Left and the Right in opposition. 8
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DOWNTOWN STATION: a Hawaiian sense of place 9
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NO ENERGY SAVINGS: 10
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Traffic congestion will be worse in the future with rail than
what it is today. Final EIS. Source: Final EIS 11
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Traffic congestion during the years of construction: 12
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Summary of disbenefits Unaffordable for Honolulu Destroys view
planes; kills waterfront Uses more energy than buses or cars Does
nothing about traffic congestion Appalling congestion during
construction 13
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Develop Opposition: Huge capital & operating costs Visual
& Noise blight will destroy City Promote an alternative: BRT on
HOT lanes, or BRT on existing Zipper lanes Action Plan 14
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For heavy rail option: The Planning Company (PB) Federal
officials State officials City officials Construction companies
Construction unions Media Most big businesses Chambers of Commerce
For BRT/zipper option: Small businesses Individuals Beautification
groups Land use groups Concerned citizen groups 15
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Politicians Establishing Rail Programs (PERPs) 16
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Our volunteers: 17
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Their volunteers: 18
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Organizing protests Testifying at City Council Lobbying
legislators Presentations to organizations Rotary Clubs Lions Clubs
Condo directors Business groups Neighborhood Boards Creating
coalitions Responding to blog postings Responding to newspapers
Emailing supporters Dealing with the media Write letters to the
editor ACTIONS: Theres no spontaneous outpouring of enthusiastic
supporters; people organize it. Organizing sound trucks Mock up
supporting pillars Make signs Organizing sign waving Organizing
T-shirts Writing op/eds Organizing petition drives Corresponding
with FTA EIS comments Fundraising letters Fundraising events
Dialing for dollars Write for and run the website Email blasts
Press releases 19
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Tampa Expressway 20
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23 Sound truck simulating train noise makes voters aware of
it:
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2008 & 20102012 Honolulu Mayors race 24
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Ben Cayetano TV campaign spot: 25
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8/21/2011 27
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The lawsuit option: These three statutes are likely the only
legal tools you can use: 1. National Environmental Policy Act To
promote the enhancement of the environment. Requires EISs on the
impacts of proposed federally funded actions. 2. National Historic
Preservation Act To preserve U.S. historical and archaeological
sites. It mandates a review process for all federally funded
projects to minimize harm to sites listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. 3. Section 4(f) of the Transportation Act. The
US DOT may not approve the use of publicly owned land of a public
park, recreation area, wildlife refuge or historic site unless it
determines there is no feasible (can it be built?) and prudent
(meet the need?) avoidance alternative. It may then only approve
the alternative that causes the least overall harm. 28
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Complaints: 1. Improper defining of the purpose and need
statement. Too narrow a definition as rapid transit precludes
consideration of all other reasonable alternatives. 2. Failed to
consider all reasonable alternatives Failed to consider BRT,
Managed Lanes, light rail & others. 3. Failed to analyze the
environmental effects of alternatives Failed to consider
destruction of views, effects on the waterfront, and impacts on
Native Hawaiian burial sites. 29
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Standing: A plaintiff must show that some personal legal
interest has been invaded by the defendant; they must have a
personal stake in the outcome of the lawsuit. Legal process: 65
filings 3 hearings Administrative Record of 155,000 pages. 1 appeal
$1.4 million legal billings. We await an appeals ruling from the
Ninth Circuit 30
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$700 million spent so far 31
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Thanks for listening! Find this at:
www.honolulutraffic.com/ADC.pdf 32