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A Lincoln to Omaha rail line would be better off with commuter rail. Now if Omaha wanted to build a few short rail lines 5 to 6 miles outside its city center, light rail would be preferred. Dallas' DART has built light rail and commuter rail lines. The light rail lines usually have a stop every mile or two, whereas a commuter rail line could go 10 miles before a stop. Read about DART here: http://www.dart.org However Mudchicken is right. Light rail, commuter rail, city transit agencies that run buses all over America don't earn a profit, they are all subsidized. At the moment the only national bus company isn't earning a profit either, nor are most of the large airlines. In fact the only two airlines earning a profit are Southwest and AirTran. AirTran has a hub in Orlando, Florida, and its only two flights to DFW go to Orlando. AirTran does not fly Dallas to Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York City. AirTran is obviously CHERRY PICKING a route to serve Orlando ONLY! Whereas Southwest is the king of the short haul airlines, cherry picking its routes too, but in a different way. Southwest has chosen to fly into smaller airports in many cases than fly into the major airports. For example, Southwest does not fly into Los Angeles' LAX, Chicago's O'Hare, or New York City's JFK and LaGuardia, nor does Southwest fly into Newark's Airport either. Comparing Southwest as a major airline such as American, United, Delta, Continental, and Northwest is misleading. While Southwest averages hauling 8 million passenger miles daily, American and United fly 80 million passenger miles daily. The difference is 10-1. Time and again, the taxpayers have chosen to have a public transit service. In many cities its just a bus system, but lately the taxpayers have chosen light and commuter rail systems too. Why? Traffic gridlock on their urban freeways and highways. Any EXPENSIVE expansion and widening of their urban freeways end up in another gridlock practically the day the EXPENSIVE widened freeway opens. The polls say time and again that over 70% want rail options, including high speed rail at the national level.....no matter what the costs!
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