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Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller
I mean, Chicago and Atlanta both have rapid transit rail service that goes right to the terminal. I've taken both, lots of times.
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And so does NYC, to all three airports now. In fact JFK has, by far, the highest rail ridership to any airport in the U.S. It's the most successful airport rail in North America. What's your point?
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Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller
And I never claimed bus service was better than subway or LIRR service. It's as good and cheaper than the Airtrain.
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Then you're fine. You can still take the bus, in any city, if you feel it's just as good as rail. Most others prefer the train. Don't think too many tourists are gonna take a bus to Jackson Heights, when they can take an express train to Grand Central.
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Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller
And you know who pays airport fees? YOU DO! Every time you go to the airport. I do too. I don't want my money going to this stupid idea. You are just so wrong about all of this.
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You prefer that $2.1 billion in federal aviation user fees go to other cities' airports, rather than NYC? Why?
How would your imaginary ideal system even work? In Chicago and Atlanta, you first take an airport train to get to city rapid transit. You cannot, by definition, have an airport with multiple terminals, with a single rapid transit stop, without people first using the airport train. There has to be a circulator system to access the transit stop, unless the entire airport has only one terminal complex.
Even if you somehow built a subway to LGA, you would still need an Airtrain. There are three LGA terminals. But you'll never get a subway directly to LGA, due to NIMBYism, cost, inconvenience, capacity issues on the N, and lack of connections to LIRR.