text: The rail dream that has turned into a nightmare. Prof. Randy Roth had it right with the fallacy of sunk costs theory. In lay terms: When you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING. The "estimated cost" was $3.7B, then $5.3B, now $10B. All without the unknown and similarly increasing operating costs. Add in the false claim of traffic relief – not gonna happen, and you have to ask, 'Why do you keep hitting yourselves on your heads?" Answer: Because it feels so good when you stop. So STOP ALREADY.