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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Mar 1 07:51:47 2008, in response to Re: Air Train question, posted by SMAZ on Sat Mar 1 04:32:32 2008. One of my biggest oppositions to the "other side's" view on this Airtrain matter is the use of the phrase "pedestrian toll". Every time that ludicrous statement is used, it alienates me further against their supposed hate of the AirTrain's fare structure.While I still don't feel that the Jamaica Leg or the HB leg of AirTrain should be different prices (and certainly not one of them free). And I feel that way because of reasons I have mentioned, such as the fact that if HB was free and Jamaica was $5, it would cause a cannibilization of the Jamaica leg by the HB leg in their returns on collecting revenues from the Jamaica leg as they do now. A free HB leg would only take away the current set up where people chose either the E or the A to take to the airport, allowing the Jamaica leg to collect fares as it should. A free HB leg would take that choice almost completely away, as many many more people that currently have a choice to use either, as they would be $5 no matter which one they chose would many if not most of those people chose HB instead for obvious reasons. So a well balanced system as it is now in terms of collection of fares for revenue would become scaled to one side, and a loss of significant revenue on the Jamaica leg, revenue that is needed, and revenue that can be used towards operation and maintenance of the system. Currently, while both airtrain legs take about 10 minutes to get to the terminals, regardless of the difference in distances, the choice of which line to use, the A or the E, is just a matter of which subway line can get you to the AirTrain station faster, as once at that airtrain station, both legs take about 10 minutes. (I am just excluding J for simplicity, as most of us can agree that out of the Airtrain connecting subway lines, the J is the clear third). Taking price out of the mix, people don't care if the A may "bring them closer to the Airport than the E at Jamaica" or how far they have traveled on one leg vs the other, all they care about is that their AirTrain (whichever leg they chose) will get them to the terminal in that 10 minutes so that they can catch their plane. And making both the same price makes an even balance for people to choose which leg would be more convenient from their "point A". I can see that the I can perfectly understand why they charge the same amount on each leg. |
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