Honolulu HART Rail
A $5B rail that doubled in cost and stops short of downtown.
F · 7/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Build rail to ease Oahu congestion.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics cite mismanagement.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
$5.122B FFGA to ~$10-12.45B (136%), 11 years late; 10.75mi opened 2023 short of downtown; audits blamed management.
4 · Liberty check
Transit ambition vs. fiscal stewardship.
5 · The real tradeoff
Pairs with CA HSR as a megaproject warning.
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