Stop Rail Now yesterday said it will not ask the state Supreme Court to intervene in an appeal now pending in the Intermediate Court of Appeals.

The state appeals court last week rejected a bid by the group to place an anti-rail ordinance on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.

The court did not decide on the underlying merits of the case, which involves a lawsuit against the city clerk over the question of how many signatures are needed to place the following measure on the ballot: "Honolulu mass transit shall not include trains or rail."

Stop Rail Now backer Cliff Slater said the group now will focus on educating residents to vote "no" on a City Council-initiated charter amendment question that asks whether the city should "establish a steel wheel on steel rail transit system."