Awful design flaw at EWRcss555 OP t1_j9ov6af wrote
The Port Authority spent 2.7 Billion dollars for a new Terminal A, yet did not include an AirTrain connection. It’s either a long walk from the station to the terminal, or a shuttle bus. Real fun with luggage. And unnecessary extra time for your trip.
The red line shows schematically how short of a rail connection it would have been. I think I read that they didn't do a connection now because they are replacing the entire AirTrain system. But that’s no comfort for all the passengers stuck with this situation for several more years. An unbelievably short-sighted design.
sirzoop t1_j9p0a4d wrote
Probably would be a waste of money and a long delay of opening the terminal to temporarily extend it when they are planning on replacing the entire system
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css555 OP t1_j9ox3af wrote
Read my post.
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css555 OP t1_j9p0pmn wrote
Read this press release....a fully operational new AirTrain is many years away.
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Sn_Orpheus t1_j9p22jr wrote
Yes, get my steps in. I'm on crutches and that just won't work. Wheelchairs? You've never truly experienced wait times until you have to wait for someone to push you around. I'm hoping the crutches are temporary for me but for those people that are forever bound to chairs or alternate means of transport, this is abhorrent.
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Sn_Orpheus t1_j9qh7pk wrote
Says the person with two working legs.👍 It’s the old saying about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. I didn’t realize how absofuckinglutely difficult it is to get around until I lost the use of a leg and both hands are occupied holding crutches. Don’t worry though. If you’re lucky, you’ll live long enough to experience some form of mobility disability and you’ll think back to this post and have an “aha!” moment.
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Sn_Orpheus t1_j9qlhmm wrote
Fascinating. Me as well. Thought I had a handle on what he had experienced. Nope, not even close.
css555 OP t1_j9p48v1 wrote
Could you be any more callous?
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peter-doubt t1_j9q4c8s wrote
I have a reconstructed knee... How does that help?
No-Horse987 t1_j9poohr wrote
That's an old picture. A-1 is demolished and flattened. The AirTrain project is next up on the list, after the other two banjo's (A-2 & A-3) are demolished - which is in progress right now. Once that work is done, the rest of the gates will open up (Phase 2). The AirTrain's maintenance shed is where you see "Bombardier Transportation (that is a spur off the main line) and the PA wasn't going to run the new line from there. So you would either take a bus or walk to the P1 station (where the rental cars are presently at - CONRAC will be fully open during Phase 2) The design for the new Terminal A has an extension that will connect with the new Terminal B (which will be a whole new building) in the future. This situation with the AirTrain will be a ongoing situation, as more busses will shuttle passengers between Terminals (Landside) and passengers (Airside). Bottom line: once the new AirTrain is done, it will be a easy - right in front station. But that will be a few years coming since I don't know how long the AirTrain project will take. The new Terminal B is in the pipeline as well. We'll have to bear with for a while.
vocabularylessons t1_j9se3rv wrote
A major challenge with the new AirTrain project (which is in progress) is that the Port Authority doesn't own much of the land where the new train will be. It's owned by various private entities who all have incentive to not play nice/reasonable in the purchase and land of the needed land.
storm2k t1_j9p7mcy wrote
that's because they're going to be replacing the current air train. the new one will have a better connection to the new terminal.
uhwhat2018 t1_j9ps716 wrote
you just take a shuttle outside the tran. Its super quick.
peter-doubt t1_j9q41yl wrote
>An unbelievably short-sighted design.
You've just defined PANYNJ
css555 OP t1_j9q4y9q wrote
Add in LGA, possibly the only major airport in the US without a rail connection.
cttime t1_j9t59xq wrote
That's because the AirTrain is planned to be rebuilt.
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