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Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question

Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Mar 3 14:12:37 2008, in response to Re: Diagrams Re: Air Train question, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Mar 3 13:57:37 2008.

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But AirTrain to HB is not the circulator.

Yes it is. It is free, it's on the property, and no one pays for it.

It's semantics who is doing the charging.

No it's not. I've been clear on it all along. There is no precedent for an airport charging an access fee to get onto its property.

Now for BART. The MTA OWNED the ROW into the airport, and had every right to build some rail link using the subway if they so chosed. They chose NOT to, and the PA took the bulls by the horn and did so. If the A train terminated at Federal circle, I would say otherwise. BUT IT DOESN'T

What does that have to do with BART? Who said BART owns the ROW?

Only after all premium services were stopped for about 10 years. During that time, no premium services were being offered to or from Howard Beach.

Right, there was a free bus offered by the PA. A bus similar to the ones taken by the people from the long term lot. They had a free bus too. Everyone had a free bus. Everyone paid the same. Now that has changed.

Right, because otherwise people would try to evade the AirTrain fee.

There is no airtrain fee. Airtrain to HB is a free on-property circulator. It is free for everyone, as are all on-property circulars in this country. It's just that subway transferees are being charged a ped toll.

Those not willing to pay that (can take a similar A train to Lefferts Blvd, and arrive into the Airport that way without using the premium service available at Howard Beach.

Nope. People can get a bus from NYCT to the Lefferts Blvd stop and board airtrain for free. The Lefferts stop is just a ways away from the HB stop of AirTrain. There is no reason the subway passengers should be charged to ride from HB to Lefferts.

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