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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Feb 18 17:38:08 2008, in response to Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question, posted by Charles G on Sun Feb 17 18:36:25 2008. 2. The Howard Beach (city council member / civic association / whatever else) wants or wanted it that way. Perhaps they didn't want their neighborhood to turn into a neighborhood of long-term parking facilities and airport hotels. Perhaps they didn't want people driving through what is mainly a residential neighborhood to create a "kiss and ride". This wasn't an issue during the bus shuttle days, as the entry from the streets of Howard Beach was not nearly as convenient as it is today (stairs as compared to elevators) and, quite frankly, the shuttle buses sucked.This is an unlikely outcome. First, zoning would preclude any such development near Howard Beach, and in the case of Kiss-and-Fly at Howard Beach, the Lefferts Blvd station is so much more highway-accessible that even with some congestion at that location, few would likely to save time by using Howard Beach, even if they knew it existed. Long-term parking on the street is also unlikely because of alternate side parking regulations. A person would have to depart after the ASP day and return before it, unless the person planned their trip around the fact that the ASP day would be a parking holiday that week. I don't know if Howard Beach has ASP beyond the area near the station though. |
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