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Originally Posted by electricron
Ever heard of listening to your clients? The neighborhood didn’t want the construction activities and mess a brand new line would have created, so the planners came up with this alternate plan using the existing transit corridors already in place as much as possible. While it may require a transfer, it will get you to more airport terminals and gates than your suggestion of a direct line with longer trains. Yes, even in New York City there are those who believe never ending construction is bad.
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First, there is no line going within 2 miles of LGA, so the state needs to build roughly 2 miles of guideway in any case. But if you're already building an expensive transit corridor, why build an automated people mover system instead of an LIRR spur? There could still be a transfer station at Willets Point where the new LIRR junction is located, so passengers could still transfer from the 7.
Or why not build an extension of the Astoria Line splitting off at Grand Central Parkway? Continue the W trains to Ditmars and send the N trains to LaGuardia.