This project would complete a metro backbone network that can densify over time to include expansion and local loops at activity centers such as the malls, State Fair Grounds, Sandia Labs, Kirkland, Sunport, the University of New Mexico and the Central Business District. Special Districts comprised of landowners in these areas would fund these local loops. They will be small systems of three miles or so. In addition to the funding all being provided by private investors, an Economic Development boom of some $5 billion dollars could be generated around the approximately one hundred station stops. This would create thousands of jobs for decades to come and increase the tax bases of municipal and state government. It would reduce the congestion of major arterials, reduce the local pollution and provide an alternative to owning or using a car. By the time the first 15 miles could be built, gas pricing may exceed $5 per gallon and this project may well be a solution to problems caused by oil’s economic disruption.