Las Cruces Considers Commuter Rail Liine

Every day more than fifteen thousand people commute between El Paso and Las Cruces.
With the rising gasoline prices and the tough economy, there ought to be a better way and Las Cruces is working on a solution to the problem. The city is looking into the possibility of building a commuter rail line between the two cities. Las Cruces M-P-O officer Tom Murphy says within a year there could be a rapid bus service between the two cities as a pilot program to further test the feasibility of the rail line.