Communter Rail between NOLA and Baton Rouge

Gosh i sure hope this is as big a success as the daily train service which has already been running back and forth between Slidell and New Orleans for longer than i've been alive!

/sarcasm off/

Give me a break. They can barely justify the free bus service between BR and NO. People down there are never going to be willing (or in most cases, able) to pay what MARC or VRE costs here... and the rates here are based on an established steady market (read: permanent and legacy employers, not just reconstruction-related temporary boom).

i think they should focus on bus service, which is more flexible, and see how that goes before they go laying track.