The rail is a good solution because they can bring a lot of citizens to their destination. Although, it cost a lot of money to build. For three dollars only, you can have a free trip downtown. The rail transit stations will include features like, and entrance plaza, location and directional signage, stairs, elevators and escalators based on local conditions, ticket vending machines, and other features. This transit can help society in a positive way. The reason why it can help in a positive way is because it will help traffic decrease and citizens would be more happy because they finally can get to work on time, parties, etc.
When the rail transit is built, about 11,000 jobs will be created because of this project. According to national statistics, for every $1 billion dollars of investment in transportation infrastructure, 28,000 jobs will be created. The transit will help the environment because there will be less pollution because thousands of cars will be taken off the road. The transit runs on electricity that can come from alternative energy sources so there would be a less dependance on oil. Lastly, the transit will provide around 90,000 citizens a day which would take approximately 40,000 vehicles off Oahu's crowded roads.
On the other hand, the rail transit has some negative points about it. One reason why is because we would need to pay to help build the transit. The transit will cause a disturbance to neighborhoods that live by the rail. The trail will also take away some of the beauty of the island because the transit would be blocking buildings, shops, etc. This project is one of the reasons why we pay taxes, the tax money is used to pay to build this transit which is a big disappointment.
Oahu is too small of a city to build a rail transit and the population is only around 850,000 which makes Oahu the 49th largest metropolitan area in the United States. Other studies show that the transit will barely decrease the amount of traffic which is very upsetting. The travel times for automobile travel will be hardly decrease because the travel time of some of the transit stops to the other are approximately the same as if you were to drive in a car. Their is a big possibility that car's, truck's, motorcycle's, etc. sales can decrease because citizens would use the transit to get to their destination.
All in all, I honestly think that we shouldn't have the transit because of the causes it will give out to the citizens of Hawaii. Although, it can help the environment but, it can also hurt it just as much.
