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Posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 02:02:14 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. This has the Fatman's grubby finger prints all over it. He's going to go down in history as the most hated governor in the country... number One palm greaser. |
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Posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 03:01:43 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. "You can already get on a train in Manhattan and go to EWR" BLAH BLAH BLAH BULLSH*T. Midtown and Downtown are 2 very different places and if your NJ State Legislator ass doesn't know that, whatever, it's not your job to know about OUR problems in NY. It's the PAs job on the other hand to build things that benefit BOTH states and PATH to EWR is doing just that. These NJ pols are complaining about something that will ultimately benefit them with sales tax revenue from the Lower Manhattan crowd this will bring through EWR. Lower Manhattan NEEDS this, we're growing like never before and we need better airport connections by mass transit. The MTA and PA have already helped on the NY/JFK/LGA side of things with the Q70, JFK Airtrain and so on, but this actually benefits BOTH states. Would you rather the MTA start a new JFK Express and then Jersey gets nothing? I don't think so, these NJ pols should want EWR to function as a NYC airport just as much as LGA and JFK do, but getting to EWR for us downtown now is not practical at all by mass transit, going up on the subway to Penn or taking the PATH to Newark Penn and changing to another, expensive train makes zero sense over taking the (A) to Howard Beach for the JFK AirTrain. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 03:14:00 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 03:01:43 2014. Oh please..NJ gets more than its share from the PA. If they Really want easy access to the airport..lower the fare TO the airport To the Station Already built For the airport. |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 30 06:07:50 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 03:14:00 2014. I see a backdoor issue here. Is this a way to remove airport traffic from the Amtrak tubes? |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 07:27:37 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 03:01:43 2014. Why are YOU downtown?And you'd rather pay $5 to cross an imaginary line to get to JFK than take PATH to NJT to an overpriced and slow monorail???? I'd say both are almost equally sh***y. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 07:38:44 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 30 06:07:50 2014. Perhaps,and that Would somewhat jell with the complaint. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 07:41:48 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 02:02:14 2014. Not at all. LOL! |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Oct 30 08:07:39 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. ***SOME*** will always question the use of funds, especially if you are not funding their project.Ear-Deaf-Turn ROAR |
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Posted by WillD on Thu Oct 30 08:21:06 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 07:41:48 2014. Not sure what you're scoffing at. Chrisco is the governor who has politicized his appointments to the PANJNY board the most of any NJ governor. PATH to EWR is a perfect way for him to funnel bIllinois of dollars to benefactors without having to share the project with NY. NY will of course demand a quid pro quo, but will likely keep away from the actual project, giving Chrisco a free hand to distribute the largesse as he sees fit. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 08:27:52 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by WillD on Thu Oct 30 08:21:06 2014. Ok? But...more trains. |
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Posted by WillD on Thu Oct 30 08:28:06 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. And some would be right. This might be the most profligate, wasteful use of transit funds anyone has come up with. It's clearly a way to give Chrisco political cover when he rabbit-ears the PANJNY's pockets and tells the feds "I'd love to help fund Gateway, but we're all tapped out here. But how about that multi-billion dollar redundant airport connector?" |
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Posted by WillD on Thu Oct 30 08:32:36 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 08:27:52 2014. But there won't be any additional trains. PATH isn't going to send more trains through the Hudson tubes because of this. Instead it's a $1.5 billion boondoggle between two points that already have service that keeps the State of NJ and the PANJNY from paying their eventual share of the Gateway project. And that is a project which would actually allow more trains. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 08:54:10 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by WillD on Thu Oct 30 08:32:36 2014. But they'll need to buy more trains to maintain the same TPH on the line, right? If so, maybe they can be convinced to buy some with a simple f*****g railfan window! For crying out loud, who is the moron over there who decided to get rid of the best part of PATH????? |
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Posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Oct 30 11:01:26 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 08:54:10 2014. It may not have been the PATH PA-5 planning committee that took the RFW away, but Bombardier, since the space needed for the electronics in the car needed to be secured away from passenger eyes/vandalism. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 12:31:35 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Oct 30 11:01:26 2014. Maybe. But PATH okay'ed the design I assume. |
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Posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 12:40:37 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 07:27:37 2014. Cause unlike you my family works very hard and we can afford it.Well let's see. Getting to JFK by AirTrain costs $7.50 total and at least the AirTrain there is fast and I'm at the terminal in 10 minutes. Going to EWR I pay the PATH fare plus NJT plus AirTrain access which is obviously much more than the JFK option. If PATH goes to EWR I'll pay the base PATH fare plus AirTrain and it will all probably cost the same as a ride to JFK as long as the PATH fares are in line with NYCT. It will probably take less time too considering PATH right now takes just 20 minutes to get to Newark Penn from WTC and the A from Fulton to Howard Beach is a good 30-40 minute ride. It's just the POS AirTrain that would make it a very close call between EWR and JFK but I could still see EWR winning easy since the A sucks so much (not only is the ride long but you have to wait for a Far Rockaway train). |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 13:19:26 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 12:40:37 2014. Cause unlike you my family works very hard and we can afford it.??????? What does this have to do with me? Anyhow, I assume you meant to say that you LIVE in Lower Manhattan. Is that true? Well let's see. Getting to JFK by AirTrain costs $7.50 total and at least the AirTrain there is fast and I'm at the terminal in 10 minutes. Going to EWR I pay the PATH fare plus NJT plus AirTrain access which is obviously much more than the JFK option. If PATH goes to EWR I'll pay the base PATH fare plus AirTrain and it will all probably cost the same as a ride to JFK as long as the PATH fares are in line with NYCT. It will probably take less time too considering PATH right now takes just 20 minutes to get to Newark Penn from WTC and the A from Fulton to Howard Beach is a good 30-40 minute ride. It's just the POS AirTrain that would make it a very close call between EWR and JFK but I could still see EWR winning easy since the A sucks so much (not only is the ride long but you have to wait for a Far Rockaway train).From Lower Manhattan: If you're a business traveler and traffic isn't an issue, take a taxi/car service and expense it. If you're going on a family trip with luggage and several people then take a taxi/car service because it will be a lot easier, faster, and not much more expensive, if at all. If you're a single person going on a non-business trip, then I'd avoid, on principle, paying $5 to cross an imaginary line if at all possible. But ultimately it would come down to which airport offers me a better flight. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Oct 30 13:41:52 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 13:19:26 2014. ??????? What does this have to do with me?Because your lazy ass got canned from the mailroom. :P |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 30 14:19:01 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. critically needed Gateway rail tunnelsRight; there's no Hoboken Terminal or anything. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Thu Oct 30 14:50:45 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 12:40:37 2014. Why do that when you can just take the Airport Bus..or go to Penn State for the Airport.?Why do any of that,when you can just drive or get dropped off? |
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Posted by SubwaySurf on Thu Oct 30 15:12:16 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. Umm, where's the question? |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Oct 30 15:29:38 2014, in response to Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 00:33:48 2014. "with a low-cost, one-seat ride on a new PATH line to Newark Airport."One seat??? Does that mean that PATH train will go right into the Airport rather than to the NJT Airport station?? Knowing the PA they would never give up the opportunity to get that extra fare for the AirTrain. So let's see PATH fare $3.25 (I am projecting a couple of PATH fare increases in by the time anything happens) plus the AirTrain fee of $6.50 (I expect that the AirTrain fee would go up too by that time) so it would cost $9.25 from lower Manhattan (or Midtown with a transfer at JSQ) via PATH. I am still trying to figure out how PATH would do it. Since the PATH access tracks (current layup) are on the west side of the Amtrak ROW, they could not just continue the tracks because they would have to cross over the Raritan Valley line tracks at grade before the Airport rail station. They'd have to build a flyover somewhere. |
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Posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 15:33:27 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by terRAPIN station on Thu Oct 30 13:19:26 2014. Yes I do and I'm very proud of it. There a problem?And here we go like everyone else... "oh take a cab". Taking a cab to the airport should not be a necessity, there need to be decent public transit options and AS MANY as possible. |
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Posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 16:24:48 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 15:33:27 2014. No problem. I wanted to know why you were in lower Manhattan. I actually hadn't even considered you might live there. I thought maybe you worked there.I know that everyone can't take a cab because the highways would be clogged and there are regular rush hours but with the ridiculous airtrain fees, I'd take a cab to spite them. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 16:37:04 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 16:24:48 2014. with the ridiculous airtrain fees, I'd take a cab to spite them.My main reason for not taking Airtrain out of Howard Beach is the low frequency of trains going there outside of rush hour. |
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Posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 17:12:19 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 16:37:04 2014. Please... I see service every 6 minutes on weekends |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 18:15:00 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 17:12:19 2014. You're not looking in the right place then.4 per hour on Saturdays, 3 per hour on Sundays. |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 30 18:37:10 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 03:01:43 2014. It is a resource allocation issue. Compared to everything else we need, such as more rail tunnels to Manhattan, this is a frivolous waste of money. |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Oct 30 19:12:39 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Oct 30 11:01:26 2014. But the PA-05s could have had an RFW like the R-160s. Also, although I have not seen it, I believe that the offside bulkhead had some sort of window in it even though the only thing that can be seen is a blank wall. I’m sure if PATH really wanted it, a RFW could have been provided. I think it was just PA paranoia! |
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Posted by italianstallion on Thu Oct 30 19:13:40 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 18:15:00 2014. It's that damn Lefferts branch messing everything up.You know, the C really ought to be extended to Lefferts on weekends so the A could go exclusively to the Rockaways. |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Oct 30 20:22:34 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by TerrApin Station on Thu Oct 30 07:27:37 2014. But you'd pay $2.50 to cross an imaginary line? |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 30 20:27:55 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 18:15:00 2014. That is also how many trains per hour PATH sends to Manhattan on Saturdays and Sundays. NJT actually runs more train to Manhattan than PATH. |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Oct 30 20:30:44 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Allan on Thu Oct 30 15:29:38 2014. PATH will terminate right alongside the existing NJT station, and you'll get on the Disneyland plaything just the same.I'd rather see an NJT Newark - Rahway shuttle once per hour to plug the larger gaps between NEC and NJCL trains, especially weekends. PATH frequency sucks anyway - 4 per hour Sat, 3 per hour Sundays. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Thu Oct 30 20:43:27 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 12:40:37 2014. Instead of taking the A to Howard Beach, why not take the J to Jamaica? |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Thu Oct 30 22:23:01 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by SubwaySurf on Thu Oct 30 15:12:16 2014. your dick |
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Posted by The ORION Kid on Thu Oct 30 22:24:42 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 18:15:00 2014. My bad, I thought he was talking about the Airtrain. |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Sat Nov 1 21:20:10 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Thu Oct 30 11:01:26 2014. First of all, it's not Bombardier, it's Kawasaki who built them. And they only follow whatever designed/requested by the clients. |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Wed Nov 12 08:32:37 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 30 16:37:04 2014. So during rush hour, you'd have no problem taking the A to Howard Beach and then paying $5 to cross an imaginary line and then riding AirTrain free to the terminals? |
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Posted by terRAPIN station on Wed Nov 12 08:33:14 2014, in response to Re: Some question whether NYC to Newark Airport PATH train is best use of funds, posted by Nilet on Thu Oct 30 20:22:34 2014. Depends. |
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