NEW YORK | LaGuardia Airport Redevelopment
Finally, what is possibly the nation's worst major airport, is getting much needed upgrades. Named for one of the City's great mayors, the airport seems stuck in decades past, but big changes are coming.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article...TATE/130739965 Makeover for LaGuardia's main terminal advances Four big groups are named as finalists in the $2.4 billion project to build and operate a bigger, better replacement for the airport's aging and much maligned central terminal. Goldman Sachs, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Skanska are among those in the running. By Daniel Geiger July 31, 2013 Quote:
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Rail link? Hello!?!?
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http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york...jobs-1.5813842 LaGuardia Airport construction to create 1,500 jobs August 1, 2013 By MARIA ALVAREZ Quote:
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Great news. A modern touch to LaGuardia is always good and can help ease the crowds.
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And, dear God, this rebuilding of LGA is so way past overdue. I can't wait for the new main terminal. |
Of possible interest, the FAA's New York Area Program Integration Office shows the planned airport improvements for LaGuardia (as well as JFK, Newark, Teterboro, and as well as airspace improvements for the New York region and Northeast).
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Not to be difficult, shouldn't this entire thread be under the transportation section?
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Here's more information on the redevelopment of the central terminal... http://www.panynj.gov/business-oppor...efing-book.pdf And we see at least some planning for the feasibility of some rail in the future... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/151625917/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/151625916/original.jpg http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/02/l.../#.Ufs3ynXD_Dd LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal Dilemma Quote:
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They want to extend the subway/commuter rail here?
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After upgrading the central terminal building, rail should be the next highest priority. |
Agreed. As for the prelim schematic showing a possible heavy rail allignment, I must say I wish they would plan and build ahead of time a subterranean station in the lowest level,of the terminal and a future connection could tunnel under the GC and be completely climate controlled. Who wants to arrive at LGA in the winter with their fine luggage and stand at a windswept elevated platform? All that should be inside the terminal itself and that has to be planned for NOW.
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Airport rail doesn't generate particularly high ridership, and LGA is only the #3 regional airport. And if you expand, you will have to go underground which will cost mega billions. Giuliani tried expanding the subway to LGA and there was massive opposition to an elevated alignment. And LGA has a very unique usage. It's extremely corporate and Manhattan-centric. Its only international flights are to the Carribean, Central America, Mexico and Canada. You aren't getting the international tourists and the like; you're getting executives on corporate travel, who have black cars waiting. |
Some of the current work going on. Terminal 4 at JFK also mentioned.
Delta Puts $160 Million Into NYC Expansion Mayor Michael Bloomberg is helping Delta Air Lines celebrate the start of a $160 million terminal expansion at LaGuardia Airport. The mayor and Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy were on hand for the ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday. ========== AssociatedPress, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwZzpiIajA |
any terminal reconstruction should include more than just identifying and saving right of way for rail transit, it should also include at least some preconstruction. if there is going to be this level of construction disruption lets get more out of it.
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I had a 6pm flight out of La Guardia recently and it took over an hour and a half to get there from Chelsea by cab. Any rail or bus options would have taken nearly the same amount of time. Bringing rail to the airport should be a top priority IMO.
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Proposed M60 SBS Stations
http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/sbs...S-Stations.jpg Proposed 125th Street Bus Stops http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/sbs...-Bus-Stops.jpg =============== NYCDOT, http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/sbs/lga_analysis.html |
Me and plenty of New Yorkers would love to see a subway extension to LaGuardia Airport, but there is one big problem. The neighborhood of Astoria is full of NIMBY's. They don't want the Astoria Elevated tracks to continue running down their neighborhood and ruining their property values. This is a proven fact as the (MTA) proposed this back in 2000.
An N or Q line extension would do wonders for LaGuardia Airport and it won't have to go far, but the neighborhood will throw a sissy fit.......... Quote:
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I think we're dwelling too much on transportation issues, which is not really what this thread is about. It wouldn't surprise me if the winning team had some sort of plan for implementing rail in the future, but the focus for now is on rebuilding at the airport itself.
A look at some improvements over the past year from Delta... http://www.airlinereporter.com/2013/...er-experience/ Not Your Grandpa’s LaGuardia Airport: Delta Improves the Passenger Experience http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...HcWFATSD73.jpg By Jason Rabinowitz February 12th, 2013 Quote:
http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...ZkY5wycbGs.jpg Taste Of Prime Tavern at LGA Terminal D http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...X5sa33DIoM.jpg Keep an eye on your flight status while at the sushi bar http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...DuSgYdghoM.jpg iPads everywhere! http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...RfOuXbZAqT.jpg Steak and fries at LGA terminal D. So good, I had to ask how it was prepared. http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...tQDG2GtbBr.jpg__http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...eY5amODSMK.jpg http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...YpLpnBqnoC.jpg__http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...obPGHMwAbs.jpg http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...Cr-Kor2P5Z.jpg__http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...DYvxkNL0Eu.jpg http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...LpbCuZBL5h.jpg__http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-co...1JHc5Iuut2.jpg |
http://nypost.com/2014/01/08/gov-cuo...wark-airports/
Gov. Cuomo to call for state control of JFK, LaGuardia airports By Tara Palmeri January 8, 2014 Quote:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...07101948275962 New La Guardia Terminal Poses Stress Test Many Have Long Wanted a Replacement for La Guardia Airport's Central Terminal Building and Now May Get It By Ted Mann Jan. 7, 2014 Quote:
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