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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Jun 21 09:33:13 2012, in response to Re: Crowley Wants (7) Train to LaGuardia Airport ?, posted by Joe V on Thu Jun 21 08:11:49 2012. And the rest of the day ?LGA is not a big enough destination to justify the cost of building or operating a subway line. Airtrain at JFK averaged 6900 one-way daily passengers in March 2012. There more than 200 stations with more than that average total. Demand for transportation is related to the number of passengers. JFK handles about twice the number of paying passengers as LGA. Using some fudge factor because LGA has more local passengers, one can assume demand for LGA service would be in the 5000 daily passengers range. That would mean there are 272 stations that are more heavily used. An LGA spur would benefit riders between 111th and Manhattan with more frequent rush hour service. That's where the ridership increase has been over the last 15 years. As for the LGA demand, they could be handled by a dinky that operates between Woodside and LGA with a stop at 74th St. |
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