http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/12/3365566/wake-county-just-isnt-crowded.html
The panelists said Wake County was not likely to attract the federal funding it would need for a light rail line, and it doesn’t have a dense downtown employment center that would support rush-hour commuter trains.
“It’s a mass mode,” Polzin said. “And you need mass to make it work cost-effectively."
But Chapel Hill is going to bet $30 million (with Durham) that we could use for other transit on getting federal and state funding? Now that's something worth ranting about!