Carraro said it wouldn't be fair to spread RailRunner's cost across the state; people outside the Middle Rio Grande Valley will rarely, if ever, ride the train.
"The first thing you have to look at is how is our transportation system right now working?
"Have you seen the buses that go from Rio Rancho and go through Paradise Hills and go Downtown? I see them everyday and there's one person inside the bus -- that's the guy driving it ... Nobody rides the buses, so the buses should be a good indication of what happens with the train. Pretty soon, not only are you going to increase the expense of the train, but you're also going to the expenses of having a bus system. You've got to have (a bus system) if you're going to make the train work.
"This system comes about and it's not going to cost a couple-hundred million dollars, it's going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if not $1 billion, for this train and system around it to make it work," he concluded.He has hit the nail on the head. This fiasco will be around long after Richardson has gone on to become Hillary's running mate, leaving the taxpayers of the state to pick up the pieces.