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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Feb 17 20:12:11 2008, in response to Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Feb 17 19:08:15 2008. If it was a choice of having just the AirTrain from Jamaica at $5, and leaving out completely the Howard Beach leg because they weren't getting $5, which is probably a MAJOR reason for the set up, and instead just have Jamaica and a bus to Federal Circle, it would be a far inferior systemNo Chris, the HB leg WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT. IT WAS BUILT TO SERVE THE LONG TERM PARKING LOTS, WHICH SEEM TO BE, BY FAR, THE BIGGER SOURCE OF RIDERS ON THE BRANCH. It just so happens there is an (A) station right next to the long term parking lot!!!! So they built the connection! The $5 toll is totally unnecessary and uncalled for. Nothing is going to change my mind on this. The $5 at HB is way better than what was once there, and the two leg AirTrain system is far superior to the "free" shuttle bus there before. I'm not disputing that. I'm not disputing whether people are refusing, or even don't want to pay the $5. I'm saying that the charge is BAD TRANSPORTATION POLICY. How often do you talk to people about transportation policy??? AirTrain would NOT be a good system if it only included the Jamaica leg and forgone the Howard Beach leg if they weren't getting the $5 on it. Yes it would have! AirTrain would have been a rapid transit line from Jamaica to the airport. It's the on-property circulator that would have been asinine has they not built it out to the long term parking lot. And I'm sure that was never an option. That's what airport circulators are built for! To go between terminals and out to the long term parking lots!!!! Why do you have so much trouble sticking to the issue raised??? The only issue is that people should not be charged to enter airport property!!! |
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