HONOLULU -- A new KITV/Honolulu Star-Bulletin poll on rail transit found that most people on Oahu either are not happy with where the route will go, are unsure about it, or do not want rail altogether.

While 60 percent, a majority, of Oahu residents support rail, there is a lot of concern about what route it will take.

The city plans to spend about $4 billion building a rail transit line that will start east of Kapolei and go through Waipahu, Pearl City and Aiea, then continue through Salt Lake, Kalihi and downtown, ending in Ala Moana.

Kevin Mortensen of Waimanalo feels like many people who answered the poll.

"I think they should just build, like one shot, all the way from Kapolei all the way to Waikiki, downtown, Hawaii Kai. Why just stop and do it again? I say we should do it one time," Mortensen said.

The poll found 41 percent of Oahu residents think the city has chosen the best route, leaving out the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Waikiki and adding the Honolulu International Airport on a spur that will cost $350 million extra.

However, 36 percent of the people said the city should choose another route.

The chosen route for rail goes from East Kapolei to Ala Moana through Salt Lake. Do you believe this is the best route of Oahu, or would you choose a different route?
Best route	41%
Would choose another route	36%
No route, don't want rail	10%
Don't know	13%

Do you believe this is the best route of Oahu, or would you choose a different route?
ANSWER	ON ROUTE	OFF ROUTE
Best Route	48%	38%
Would Choose Another Route	35%	37%
No Route, Don't Want Rail	8%	11%
Not Sure	9%	14%

"I think that's the worst route. It needs to go to Waikiki. It needs to go to UH. Those are the places. We see every summer when UH is not in session: traffic relief," Kailua resident Tom Pico said.

Ten percent of the people do not want any route, because they are against rail and 13 percent said they don't know.

"If you're going to be dumb enough to build rail, then you need the airport and the jobs around the airport, that's a given," Stop Rail Now leader Cliff Slater said.

"I can see why people are saying that because my first choice was the airport route, not to go along Salt Lake. We did it to get a fifth vote to keep this going," Mayor Mufi Hannemann said.

Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, who represents Manoa in the Honolulu City Council, is running against Hannemann for mayor.

"This thing is just being ram-rodded through, railroaded though, and there are so many other ways to look at this," she said.

Hannemann said taking rail to UH Manoa and Waikiki would add tremendous cost to the project.

"I've always said that's going to be very challenging, and if we try to go into the urban core now, into Waikiki and into Manoa now, we'll never build this thing," he said.

The mayor hopes to break ground for rail transit next year.