Intermodal has been a reality for freight for years: put the trailer on a train, haul it, drop it off closer to the destination, haul it to the final by truck. Literally hundred of intermodal containers pass through Pocatello daily.

It can be expanded, and should be. But what we really need is passenger rail. We have to give up the idea of a stop in every town and wrap the concept around hubs just as the airlines do, instead.

Salt Lake City is already moving light rail south towards Provo and north towards Logan. They have too -- the Salt Lake valley is HORRIBLE in the winter (and part of the summer) due to air pollution trapped under inversions.