Many people who understand the flows of transportation and are watching the gridlock, as well as the overcrowded infrastructure are now calling for more light commuter rail to ease traffic. Normally this would be very good call and an excellent way to alleviate the working families gasoline budget woes. The average SUV now costs over $100 to fill the tank. If these vehicles need to be filled up weekly and that means another $200 in costs to the average family's budget. Light rail to work makes sense.

But there is a big snag in that is that light rail takes time to build. We know this from history in cities like Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston, Columbus, Dallas, San Jose, Albuquerque, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Miami, D.C. and many other large cities. So there's only one solution in that would be to build commuter trains like we see with CalTrain in the Bay Area or the Metrorail in Los Angeles.

Unfortunately for fortunately depending on how you look at it; our economy is kicking butt and that means our rail lines are almost max