Opinion: Why is Jamaica’s AirTrain Terminal So Awful?
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It was the best of stations; it was the worst of stations.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about JFK Airport
OPINION: Time for Our Airports To Put Transit First
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The Port Authority charges a $7.75 fare for its AirTrain passengers, but no tolls on its access roads. Why is it privileging car drivers, further congesting our roads and dirtying our air?
AirTrain Fare Hike Could Send Riders to the Roads
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A regressive move that won't help help regional congestion or economic goals.
A Man was Run Down and Killed 5 Years Ago on Rockaway Blvd. Nothing Has Been Done to Prevent Another Death
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A deadly Queens intersection where an airport worker was run down and killed five years ago still lacks a simple crosswalk.
Cuomo’s Priorities: $2 Billion to Cram More Cars on the Van Wyck
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While New Yorkers deal with slower buses and a subway system stretched to its limits, Andrew Cuomo is raring to spend $2 billion adding lanes to the Van Wyck. He says it will improve air quality, but that runs counter to everything we know about how highways work.
Pricing is Alive. JFK Rail Link and SMART Fund May be Dead.
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Annie Karni reports in today’s New York Sun that the outlines of a congestion pricing bill may be hammered out in Albany before Memorial Day, though not exactly as Mayor Bloomberg initially proposed. Karni writes that MTA executive director Lee Sander would prefer to see the $3.75 billion earmarked for a direct rail link from […]