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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Mon Apr 24 11:45:49 2006, in response to Re: Bring the JFK Express back...can it be done?, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Apr 22 18:55:40 2006. You are way off base Ron.Philadelphia's SEPTA R1 goes directly to nearly all airport terminals in Philadelphia Internationl Airport. Though a premimum fare is charged (Zone 5), it is a one seat ride from Center City and runs every 30 minutes from 4:30 AM to 12:30 AM. Chicago's CTA has direct subway service to both area airports. Your assumption about the O'hare transfer is tedious and requires long walking may be only half true but there IS a free monorail system at O'Hare that will take you to all terminals. The fact that CTA built an extension to the existing Blue line to O'Hare some 25 years ago, does demostrate cooperation between the entities involved (CTA and whoever runs the airports), despite it is nearly 40 minutes from the Loop in Downtown and the Blue line runs entirely underground in Downtown Chicago. D.C. has direct Metro service to both airports, and that is no problem. The biggest problem with Airtrain is A) The monopolisticly high fare charged by the Port Authority and B) The inability to offer direct one seat access to Manhattan. One seat access would be been accomplished if the PA and MTA were to budge on extending a loop via. the A train, at the possible cost of closing down the Rockaway Park branch. That would have been plotted 30 years ago but it is a waste of resources, given the SAS is much higher priority now. People with heavy luggages, may not want to pay a premimum for both LIRR and Airtrain service, given it will still take an average of 45-60 minutes travel time. The main customer base that benefited from Airtrain are the people that actually work inside the airport's grounds, not the travellers. For $40 every 30 days is a bargain compared with $76 for the same period on riding the Q10 bus. Frankly, given costs and time allocations aside, the E/F to Union Turnpike for the Q10 is only a few minutes longer than the LIRR to Jamaica for the Airtrain, or even the A to Howard Beach, at a fraction of the cost. |
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