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Posted by Michael549 on Thu Jan 22 13:01:10 2015, in response to Re: Air Train Proposed To Connect (7) Line With LaGuardia Airport; video, posted by mack c-49 on Wed Jan 21 15:39:43 2015. Referring to:"Connecting to the 7, or any other IRT subway line, however, would be a defective choice." I just have to say it! This rhetoric is appalling! Too many here describe the #7 train as if it were some over-crowded little row-boat pulled by two guys working the oars and then describe the N or Q trains as if they were Queen Mary sized luxury liners able to carry multiple millions! That has got to stop! Somehow the #7 train is fine, just fine for delivering millions to baseball games, tennis games, and the like - just fine for commuters. But somehow for helping to take folks to the airport - it is "defective"? (Please note the angry sarcasm!) The IRT lines for decades have carried about half or more of all of the subway riders in NYC for decades! But somehow for airport riders such a task is a disgrace or defective? (Again, Please note the angry sarcasm!) Multiple messages here and elsewhere have talked about the problems of extending the N-train to LGA, or the multiple disruptions of extending the IND lines to the airport. No matter, the evidence somebody here will bring up a topic or suggestion that has already been beaten down. There are times when the practical build-able solution is preferred above the "best of all worlds & solves every problem" solution. Unlike Robert Moses, these days we just can not bull-doze whole neighborhoods to build stuff, and have everyone accept it for a "higher purpose", no questions asked. One basic reason is simple - there's no funding. Think about from where this money is coming from! -------------- Please Note that the funds that provide for the building of the Air-Train is not for the building of a subway or elevated train route, but for the building of a "connector" to mass transit systems. If folks here want to find the billions to extend the subway to the LGA, and spend the huge political capital for the NIMBY objections go right ahead! Right now the MTA can not even find the funding for half of its needed capital budget on items that have already been decided upon as worthy. The funds for the Air-Train comes out of fees that airplane riders pay - and is meant to directly benefit airport users, and can not be used for general transit. Those with the money get to dictate the terms. Mike |
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