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Originally Posted by Eveningsong
It's interesting that more parking would be added. Have they heard of the NYC Subway? Just extend the N over there and it will take the business people to many areas within Midtown for $2.50. What a bargain!
Meanwhile, taxi drivers all laughing all the way to the bank...
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Extend it if they tunnel the N. Otherwise, no sail as it would F up a neighborhood big time. I doubt that would ever happen because NIMBY outcry would be deafening.
They're broke so that tunnel won't happen for a long long time. I see the air-train solution to a subway station/LIRR as the only thing that could happen in the next decade. Unless of course NYC gets a very transit happy mayor some day and he's all gung ho for big projects. The N though is probably the best solution but the most expensive and least likely.
Air-train to woodside is a reasonable alternative as it is headed into midtown, albeit with a stop. Better than nothing. A one-seat ride is ideal, but NYC doesn't know how, or have the will, to put that together. None of the airports have this and nobody seems to care in city hall or in the PA. Being in London and on the marvelous Heathrow Express last year, one can only wonder how amazing it would be for NY to have it's act together in the transit department.
The terminal reconstruction is way overdue. Hopefully the design is not cookie-cutter and we see some unique work here worthy of the most coveted gateway into NYC. NY has seen enough cookie cutter airport architecture for a long time. Over at JFK the new terminals have all been nice, modern, but uninspired and not reflective of NY. T1, T4, T5, T8 are all nice but average on the global scale and they could be anywhere. Airport architecture needs to reflect better the spirit of the locale and hopefully this terminal will show something that is grand and uniquely NYC. Other cities have raced ahead in this area, NY is falling behind.