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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Feb 29 10:32:50 2008, in response to Re: Air Train question, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Feb 29 10:18:09 2008. That's a matter of opinion. Most people wouldn't touch this topic if it was the last topic ever on SubChat.Your "5 or 6" figure is only people who have responded in this thread. And even less have responded supporting your point. It also doesn't explain spending the money to even built that extension and station to Howard Beach. The fares cover operations, and not the building of it, AFAIK. It also shows it's more than "just a circulator", as that stretch is far from necessary for the "circulator". Your theory seems to be that if they didn't build the HB station, they would let people walk in to the parking lot for free from the (A) and then walk to the parking lot station and board the free circulator for free. I think they would still charge the $5 pedestrian toll. So the $5 is not at all dependent on the cost of building or running the extension. Correct. So? They used a tax on airline tickets to built it. Thank you! The operation of that leg requires revenue. They wouldnt have made that connection if not for the hope of revenue from it. The same could have been done with unreliable buses from the Long term lot and HB to Federal circle, but that would have been an inferior system, in which less people would use HB than now. No, it does NOT require revenue! All free circulators are FREE! They do not directly bring in revenue via fares! If there was no A station there, they still would have built AirTrain to the parking lot! |
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