Don, since Juneau, Alaska, is a long, narrow town (nowhere wider than three miles, I believe, but 46 miles long) bringing in light rail has been the passion of several people. A few years back, one devotee brought in a 'down south' expert to study the situation.

He said that to make it cost effective a community needs about 300,000 in population, including outlying areas. We have only 30,000 people and we don't have outlying areas to draw on.

What I keep espousing is park-and-ride, which is eminently doable. A few miles out of downtown (where most of the state workers and government trek to) is a perfect spot for park and ride. But we haven't done that either, although our land mass is very limited and parking downtown is a big headache.