New York, NY Post, 9/7/21:
Transit advocates urge Hochul to scrap LaGuardia AirTrain
Transit advocates are putting on a full-court press to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul to derail the $2.1 billion pet project pushed by disgraced predecessor Andrew Cuomo — building the controversial “wrong-way” AirTrain between LaGuardia Airport and eastern Queens.
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While I agree that the AirTrain as proposed would be a roundabout way to go, why is everyone thinking so Manhattan-centric? What is out of the way for Manhattan is convenient if coming from the other direction, namely Flushing on the 7 subway train or Port Washington on the LIRR. A shame it cannot serve a bigger hub like Jamaica on the JFK AirTrain. I would be in favor of the line continuing to Jamaica if at all possible. That would also open up inter-airport travel between the two Queens airports. Meanwhile, a more direct route to the airport, such as extension of the N train beyond Astoria would make sense if NIMBY's don't stand in its way.