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Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question

Posted by Charles G on Sun Feb 17 18:36:25 2008, in response to Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Feb 15 12:22:47 2008.

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I think you would state your case better and perhaps find your answer if you approached the situation from a different angle (essentially leaving AirTrain out of the discussion).

Your case is most crisply stated when you say that the entry to Airport property at Howard Beach is the only entry to Airport property that is not free.

When you think about it from that perspective, there are three immediate thoughts as possible answers to "Why?"

1. Unadulterated greed. See also, "Because we can".

2. The Howard Beach (city council member / civic association / whatever else) wants or wanted it that way. Perhaps they didn't want their neighborhood to turn into a neighborhood of long-term parking facilities and airport hotels. Perhaps they didn't want people driving through what is mainly a residential neighborhood to create a "kiss and ride". This wasn't an issue during the bus shuttle days, as the entry from the streets of Howard Beach was not nearly as convenient as it is today (stairs as compared to elevators) and, quite frankly, the shuttle buses sucked.

3. Would the PA have built the second station for long term parking at HB if they weren't going to get an additional fare for having done so? Perhaps they would have simply terminated the line at Lefferts Blvd and used shuttle buses (as they do now) to access the far reaches of the parking lot.

I have no idea why they chose to do things the way they did. Perhaps it's some combination of 1, 2 and 3 above -- or perhaps there are other reasons that I didn't think of.

One thing is clear. You are not going to get the answer to Why? from the folks on this board. If anyone had the answer they would have posted it years ago.

CG

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