Natural Gas Cars --will it catch on in the US?

After seeing how Thailand has fully incorporated natural gas into their transportation system, It seems that the United States, with it's large natural gas resources could also easily switch a lot of our transportation system over to natural gas.  This NY Times article is a good description of the current situation.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/automobiles/natural-gas-waits-for-its-moment.html