How will rail fare during power outage?
Before people look to a light-rail transit system as a way to avoid traffic problems such as that created by the recent damage of the overpass in Aiea, they might check the route of the proposed system and how the trains will be powered in the event of a utility failure. I did not see any renderings that showed the buildings enclosing the diesel-electric back-up generators that would be required to power the rail cars or the systems. The cost for back-up generators couldn’t be more than a few million dollars — and maintaining them would cost only about as much as the back-up generators at the sewage treatment facilities.
