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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Sep 4 14:50:06 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by ElectricTraction on Thu Sep 3 16:12:37 2015. In 2013, 50,423,765 people used JFK airport. That's an avg daily use of 138,147 people, although we all know there are peak travel seasons where the usage is above that number. Even if we run with that average, that's 5,756 people an hour, although we know there are peak hours blocks for air travel, so during those times, the number of people will be above the average. Let's assume an average of 1.5 bags per person (admittedly a total guess on my part but from personal observation a conservative figure), and that's 8,634 additional bags per hour avg (remember, that's just an average, meaning it'll actually be above that during the peak travel times). Doing the same for Newark gives us 3,997 people carrying 5,995 bags, and for LGA gives us 3,050 people carrying 4,575 bags. So you want to add, during the hours surrounding peak air travel hours (since we need to leave space for that 1-3 hour check in process), over 12,803 people carrying 19,204 bags per hour to our mass transit system? The number of people aren't really my concern, but their large luggage is. And then you expect the family of 3 with bags for mommy, daddy, and junior to all hop on the airtrain to the train to the subway and then hoof it to their hotel?I do it. I travel solo. I usually pack light, but even when packing heavily (like when I went to Colombia for 5 weeks or Mexico for a month), I've done it, and I've done it for all airports. N23->LIRR->Airtrain. G->A->Airtrain. N23->LIRR->NJT->Airtrain. N23->LIRR->Q48. IT IS NOT EASY. What mass transit plan are you going to propose that gets me from Bed-Stuy to JFK on a one seat ride, or even just 2 seats? From any point on Long Island not in walking distance to a LIRR station? From JFK to every single part of Manhattan? From JFK to Fairfield County in Connecticut? Taxis are needed. It never can be and never will be all bus and all rail. No matter how much it is tried, there will always be the need for taxis and private vehicles. |
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