NEW YORK | LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment

[BuildThemTaller]

Originally Posted by thembones

how would this work? genuine question, i'm not very familiar with new york. if the extension was elevated i would imagine residents would flip their shit. or would they transition the track to below grade, and just lose a block or two of the roadway?

The only way it would work is gobs and gobs of money and pressure. They could conceivably run the N extension along Ditmars east towards LGA. It would take a massive financial and political investment to get it done. If they keep it elevated, it would require the demolition of many buildings. It might make more sense to bury the tracks along 31st and then run a subway under Ditmars. Even then, it would be hugely expensive and politically complicated.

[Tyler19944]

Wondering if a connection from Terminal A and B are on the table, as well as the on-site hotel?

[NYguy]

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[NYguy]

https://qns.com/2024/10/laguardia-be...ransformation/

LaGuardia crowned best airport in United States by Forbes Travel Guide following $8 billion transformation


By Bill Parry
October 24, 2024

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey proudly announced on Oct. 22 that Forbes Travel Guide selected LaGuardia Airport as the best airport in the United States a decade after then-Vice President Joe Biden likened the transportation hub to one that would be found in a third-world nation in a speech lamenting the state of infrastructure in America.

Forbes released its first Verified Air Travel Awards based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers. The recognition is the latest in a long list of accolades given to LaGuardia throughout the course of the airport’s historic $8 billion transformation.

“From the very start, our mission at LaGuardia Airport was to transform what was once the worst airport in the nation into an airport that would rival the best in the world,” Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton said. “Today’s award for Forbes Travel Guide is further proof that with our private partners, Delta Air Lines and LaGuardia Gateway Partners, we have created a new LaGuardia Airport that is no longer a national laughingstock, but something our region and country could be proud of.”

“This award from Forbes Travel Guide, recognizing LaGuardia as the best airport in the nation, is affirmation of all the hard work and resources that the Port Authority and our partners have invested to reimagine what LaGuardia could become,” Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole said. “Today, we are no longer imagining what our airports can become — we are realizing our goal to create world-class airports across our region.”

The Forbes Travel Guide also ranked Delta One at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 4 as the best U.S. airline lounge.

[Busy Bee]

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[InTheLoopFromNYC]

I love everything that was realized in this project, except for not getting rid of the refurbed C gates! That said, how can an airport truly be considered among the best of the best if your only connection option to the next terminal over is a bus, and there is no direct rail linkage to the city itself?

Originally Posted by NYguy

https://qns.com/2024/10/laguardia-be...ransformation/

LaGuardia crowned best airport in United States by Forbes Travel Guide following $8 billion transformation


By Bill Parry
October 24, 2024

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

The only way it would work is gobs and gobs of money and pressure. They could conceivably run the N extension along Ditmars east towards LGA. It would take a massive financial and political investment to get it done. If they keep it elevated, it would require the demolition of many buildings. It might make more sense to bury the tracks along 31st and then run a subway under Ditmars. Even then, it would be hugely expensive and politically complicated.

airtrain straight up junction blvd would be shorter, cheaper and easier to do. or up along the bqe would be even less disruptive and same as the van wyck airtrain.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by InTheLoopFromNYC

I love everything that was realized in this project, except for not getting rid of the refurbed C gates! That said, how can an airport truly be considered among the best of the best if your only connection option to the next terminal over is a bus, and there is no direct rail linkage to the city itself?

People like what they like.

Forbes released its first Verified Air Travel Awards based on a survey of 5,000 hospitality and travel experts and the guide’s most well-traveled fliers.

[Crawford]

We can thank Hochul and a coalition of NIMBYs for blocking the LGA Airtrain. Many of the opponents kept claiming a subway would be better, even though the PA and MTA have repeatedly told them (correctly) it would be like 10x the cost, politically impossible, there would be no LIRR connection and airport taxes can't be used toward the MTA.

But nope. Now we get nothing but some bus lanes. Best airport in the U.S., most transit oriented city in the U.S., but all we get is a bus. And we could have had an Airtrain essentially for free, covered by airport taxes.

I hope, as rumored, Cuomo runs for gov. again and wins. He would beat Hochul. And I wouldn't be surprised if he pivoted back to the LGA Airtrain.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Best airport in the U.S., most transit oriented city in the U.S., but all we get is a bus.

It completely defies all logic and sense.

I mean, even cities like Minneapolis, Cleveland, and St. Louis have rail transit directly into their airports.

[wanderer34]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

airtrain straight up junction blvd would be shorter, cheaper and easier to do. or up along the bqe would be even less disruptive and same as the van wyck airtrain.

The problem with placing an Airtrain ROW along Junction Blvd is that it would go through residential neighborhoods, and I don't ever recall Junction Blvd being wide enough for such a structure, anyways, which is why the Airtrain ROW was placed along Grand Central Pkwy, due to the space that GCP provides, plus the lack of residential neighborhoods along GCP.

Originally Posted by Crawford

We can thank Hochul and a coalition of NIMBYs for blocking the LGA Airtrain. Many of the opponents kept claiming a subway would be better, even though the PA and MTA have repeatedly told them (correctly) it would be like 10x the cost, politically impossible, there would be no LIRR connection and airport taxes can't be used toward the MTA.

But nope. Now we get nothing but some bus lanes. Best airport in the U.S., most transit oriented city in the U.S., but all we get is a bus. And we could have had an Airtrain essentially for free, covered by airport taxes.

I hope, as rumored, Cuomo runs for gov. again and wins. He would beat Hochul. And I wouldn't be surprised if he pivoted back to the LGA Airtrain.

I'd love to have the Airtrain to LGA from the 7 and the N train, but Cuomo is practically done in NY. The Airtrain would've made perfect sense, since the NYC subway is the largest mass transit system in the US, and there's already direct rail connections to JFK and EWR. It was a huge mistake to pull the plug on the Airtrain to LGA, and now it's going to cost even more money to restore that proposal.

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by Crawford

We can thank Hochul and a coalition of NIMBYs for blocking the LGA Airtrain. Many of the opponents kept claiming a subway would be better, even though the PA and MTA have repeatedly told them (correctly) it would be like 10x the cost, politically impossible, there would be no LIRR connection and airport taxes can't be used toward the MTA.

But nope. Now we get nothing but some bus lanes. Best airport in the U.S., most transit oriented city in the U.S., but all we get is a bus. And we could have had an Airtrain essentially for free, covered by airport taxes.

I hope, as rumored, Cuomo runs for gov. again and wins. He would beat Hochul. And I wouldn't be surprised if he pivoted back to the LGA Airtrain.

Uh-oh! I don’t think he’s running for governor again, but he was resigned from the governor before. That’s from the past! You know, he got trouble with the sexual harassment. That’s not gonna happen in the future. But he won’t be governor again.

[NYguy]

^ He's not running.

[N830MH]

Originally Posted by NYguy

^ He's not running.

Good!