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OMG. I'd long wondered why the US had so many of these ridiculous boondoggles (eg AirTrain JFK) and now I know. Unfortunately this comes too late for one airp
by Clewza313 6y ago
OMG. I'd long wondered why the US had so many of these ridiculous boondoggles (eg AirTrain JFK) and now I know.
Unfortunately this comes too late for one airport that has absolutely miserable public transport, since they're already building their $2 billion boondoggle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAX_Automated_People_Mover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAX_Automated_People_Mover
- bobthepanda 6y agoAirTrain JFK exists because - the circle of terminals is too wide to be well served by one or two stations without significant walking, but too small to have a full length subway or commuter train stop every terminal. If you built a direct heavy rail link, you would probably need something like the AirTrain still; BART has a similar setup at SFO, as does DFW - JFK itself is located awkwardly. It is too far away from straight path rail lines. So you are either diverting everyone passing through on a time consuming detour via every terminal, or you are splitting frequency upstream and depriving commuters of train capacity they used to have.