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> btw, does anybody else think it's weird NYC hasn't integrated either airport into the subway system? For LaGuardia, it's basically NIMBYism. JFK has the Air
by T-hawk 12y ago
> btw, does anybody else think it's weird NYC hasn't integrated either airport into the subway system?
For LaGuardia, it's basically NIMBYism.
JFK has the AirTrain connections to the subway and LIRR. Why that, why not just an actual subway? Bureaucratic turf expansion - the airports are owned by the Port Authority who has deep pockets and wanted to build a system under its own control.
Being a NYC lifer, I always forget that's not normal - in other cities I'm always surprised to realize when the airport is smoothly integrated into the transit system.
- sampo 12y agoAt least if going from JFK to Manhattan, is there any point taking the subway, when the LIRR goes so much faster?
- _delirium 12y agoDepends on where you're going from, but the LIRR is rarely appreciably faster: express subway + AirTrain, vs. LIRR + AirTrain, both take around 60-75 minutes total from most parts of Manhattan. The only real exception is that the LIRR is faster if your starting point is right next to Penn Station; if you have to take a subway to get to the LIRR first you lose most of the advantage vs. just taking the subway the whole way. (Also, the LIRR is both less frequent and more expensive.)