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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Feb 17 19:57:49 2008, in response to Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question, posted by trainsarefun on Sun Feb 17 19:47:04 2008. Would it increase people using Airtrain? Probably not. What it would do, is canbalize the Jamaica leg's usage via the E train (and to a lesser extent the J) and send them to Howard Beach via the A instead. So no, I don't see more people using AIRTRAIN per say, just a lot more people using Howard Beach as opposed to the E and Jamaica. Whereas now there is a real and viable CHOICE within Manhattan all along the 8th Ave line to use either the E or the A to get to AirTrain, a lot more people would opt for the A than do now. You probabably would even have people coming in on the E from Queens and switching to the A! Charging a free fare at Howard Beach would not only cut Jamaica's fares WAY down, as a good portion of the E/J's ridership for it would shit to the A instead, you would also lose all those Jamaica fares to Airtrain. They would not only lose the HB revenue, but they would also lose a large portion of the Jamaica's revenue because of HB.It would be DISASTEROUS. The system has to support it self at least partially. That's a lot of lost money. The more I think about it, and the more viable information people add to this argument (as opposed to nonsensical "barrier" claims), the more and more I see how it makes perfect sense that they charge at Howard Beach. You can add this as #4 to charles' possible reasons for the charge at HB. The E would no longer be an as attractive option. Much lost revenue on that leg, as well as not get any on the HB leg. Disasterous. |
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