Honolulu Freeways

Locals have been complaining about how busy the freeways are on the Honolulu freeways for years. On Oahu you have the following major junctions on the freeways: West end:Route 93 in Kapolei, H-2 in Pearl City, H-201 in Aiea, H-3 in Halawa, East end:Route 72 in Honolulu, HI. The H-1 freeway  is the busiest Interstate Highway in Hawaii, is also known as the Queen Liliʻuokalani Freeway. Here's a trivia fact about the H-1 freeway: It is the westernmost and southernmost Interstate Highway in the United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_H-1 provided the above information.

The Hawaii Department of Transportation or HDOT has for years been trying to figure out what the best way to possibly alleviate the heavy traffic on Honolulu freeways, thus making it easier for residents traveling to and from work. It's possible had the H-4 freeway been permitted to be built back in 1965, that some of the traffic problems wouldn't be as bad. Honolulu has the nation’s second highest metropolitan travel time during peak commute hours, second only to Los Angeles.

These are some alternatives modes of transportation Oahu has recently put to good use, such as using buses. Established by former Mayor Frank F. Fasi as the Honolulu Rapid Transit (HRT), Honolulu's TheBus system has been twice honored by the American Public Transportation Association bestowing the title of "America's Best Transit System" for 1994–1995 and 2000–2001. TheBus operates 107 routes serving Honolulu and outlying areas on Oahu with a fleet of 531 buses, and is run by the non-profit corporation Oahu Transit Services in conjunction with the city Department of Transportation Services. Honolulu is ranked 4th for highest per-capita use of mass transit in the United States.

The other possible mode of transportation using a Rail system is hitting snags. Currently, there is no urban rail transit system in Honolulu, although electric street railways were used in Honolulu prior to World War II. The government of the City and County of Honolulu is currently planning a 20-mile (32 km) transit line that will connect Honolulu with outlying suburban areas to the west of the city on the southwestern part of Oʻahu. The Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion for Leeward Oʻahu commuters, but has been criticized for its cost and environmental impacts (including the likelihood of disturbing Native Hawaiian burials and the visual impact of the fully-elevated line.)

As the points of view from Native Hawaiians is understandable and respected, there should be a way of possibly putting a railway on Oahu without causing any major environmental damage to native plants and sacred sites. The fact that locals don't want a railway being an eye sore to residents and visitors alike, plays a major component on how HDOT possibly comes up with an idea on how to install a railway system. Should a railway ever be built on Oahu, it'd have to go around the entire island, stop at selected railway stations close to work, shopping malls, hotels& beaches, and not to far from home.