I am a traffic expert

There is little to argue. Honolulu, Oahu, is in the early stages of a traffic nightmare that is likely to become much worse before it gets any better.

Why? Not enough land for too few roads, and too many vehicles. It’s math. We prefer the convenience of single passenger vehicles to the inconvenience of traffic woes. For now. When will it change?

The change is beginning, though I suspect the pain is not sufficient to cause mass change, despite mass transit rearing an ugly new head in the form of fixed rail.

A human’s nature does not easily change. Traffic experts tell us we have a problem. That much I already know. It’s the solution that scares me.

Cars, trucks, motorcycles are more convenient transportation devices than buses and taxicabs. The Bus system, while convenient compared to many mass transit systems elsewhere in the U.S., is less convenient and less expensive than moving about town in a car.

Change in traffic and transportation habits will occur only when those two basic issues are addressed– convenience and expense. For mass transit to be successful in the future it will need to be less painful (more convenient than The Bus), and remain less much less expensive than using an automobile or truck.

To date, traffic experts have told us that we have a problem, and that there is only one viable solution– fixed rail. Maybe so. But that solution still is required to meet, challenge, and solve the two major issues it faces– convenience and expense.

Otherwise, fixed rail becomes the solution that no one will use, to a problem than still remains. Convenience and expense.