Passenger Trains > $2 billion-plus La Guardia AirTrain halted

From The New York Times:

With Cuomo Out, $2.1 Billion La Guardia AirTrain Is Halted

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul had asked the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to put the project on hold and review alternatives.


https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/nyregion/laguardia-airport-airtrain.html?smid=em-share

(Possible paywall for nonsubscribers; I read the story OK)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/21 15:03 by GenePoon.

Good for her and it's about time. 

Whatever.  Personally I liked the Willis point/LIRR project more than the Astoria subway, which is just god-awful slow, and will shake the fillings out of your teeth.    And Jackson Heights...its a long way and thru residential areas

pdt Wrote:
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> Whatever.  Personally I liked the Willis
> point/LIRR project more than the Astoria subway,
> which is just god-awful slow, and will shake the
> fillings out of your teeth.    And Jackson
> Heights...its a long way and thru residential
> areas

Wrong, since 2013: 

https://new.mta.info/document/6621

The Astoria el would not "shake the fillings out of your teeth".
Nobody would have taken the LIRR to Willets Point and sweat out 2 trains per hour instead of a subway / bus combo every 10 minutes for $2.75, or even the #7 out that far. Jackson Hts is also a bus hub and express station on the Queens Blvd IND. Few people headed to LGA are walking distance from Penn Station or GCT when that option open, and we don't know how LIRR service will run after that.  



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/21 07:39 by joemvcnj.

Gotta agree with joemvcnj   
As a NYC Tour Guide, I frequently fly in and out of LGA.  
Taking the LaGuardia Link (SBS Q-70) to 74th Street and then the E train, I can be off my flight and standing in Times Square within an hour of my flight landing for $2.75.  
The proposed AirLink would take me further from the city to get on a train with less frequency and more cost.   
The AirTrain from JFK that links to MTA is $7.75.  
The AirTrain that serves EWR is just as bad, with the same $7.75 surcharge to your NJTransit ticket.  
It's just another tourist tax really.  

To me, it's a no brainer!  
WMMike

PS. Speaking of LaGuardia, please bring back the Five Guys that was in the old Central Terminal.  Shake Shack just doesn't cut it!  

PFC charge PLUS LIRR fare:
$9 peak, $6.50 off-peak, $4.50 weekends
PLUS, whatever it costs you to get to Penn Station.

MTA would also have been forced to kill the Q70 and re-extend the Q33 to force usage.
Flushing Local is also a schlep of 35 minutes. Express is only peak direction rush hour and saves 5 minutes.
No IND subway connection. 

IOW , call Uber. 

Ding-dong, the witch is dead.