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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Feb 29 19:37:03 2008, in response to Re: Air Train question, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Feb 29 16:32:45 2008. No, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but just because there "could" be an article out there somewhere, doesn't mean there is the big problem that is always said to be about this $5 thing.You missed the whole point. I will not repeat it will likely continue to elude you. Just because "you and some others" feel you are correct doesn't mean you are correct any more than I and others on the other side are correct. No, that is not why we are correct. If you feel our most recent points are incorrect, you may demonstrate why. So far no one has done that to some of my most recent points. But it IS a same kind of connection. In both connections, it will bring you to the terminals And boarding at Lefferts will also bring you to the terminals, so that alone apparently does not justify a fare. in about the same time. Not relevant to the cost as I've already stated. Just because one is at the edge of the airport, and just because one just happens to also pick up parking lot people in addition to people coming from the subway doesn't mean it's a different type of connection. Yes it does, especially as one can travel nearly the entire length of the on-airport branch for no fare. If the PA decided to make a parkinglot somewhere along the Jamaica line, with a station added to service that, where people boarded for free, it would be no different either. It would be different. Such a parking lot would not be an on airport lot. It would be like any other lot. No, not at all. The lines that currently connect to AirTrain should be treated equally, that is not to say that every line NEEDS to connect to airtrain, just because some subway lines do. The logical conclusion to that is if not every line NEEDS to connect to the AirTrain, nor do the E and J. E and J passengers not wishing to pay the $5 can transfer to the A just like people on the D and other lines do now. And if you're so concerned about treating passengers equally, why are you not concerned about the unequal treatment that some passengers are receiving at Howard Beach? Length of the route doesn't matter. You can travel from 207th St on the A to Chambers St for the same price as someone that only travels from Broadway-Nassau to Chambers St. A distance based subway might be more equitable but when the subway opened it was considered unviable. Regardless of how viable it is now, it is politically impossible to implement. The AirTrain is a new system and is not encumbered by over 100 years of continuous practice. Not to mention that it's far easier to eliminate or lower a fare at one location than to completely reinvent a fare system. Furthermore in the case of the subway, EVERYONE pays the same fare regardless of their location of entry and exit. If the subway is a good analogy for AirTrain, then either everyone would have to pay $5, or no one. No I haven't ignored it. Just because I don't agree with your assesment doesn't mean I "ignored it" Yet you saw no need to respond to it until I called you on it and you continued to post the same thing despite my pre-existing response having already countered your point. |
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