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The purpose of the Airtrains for JFK, LGA, and EWR is for a direct connection to those airports, not to serve to local communities. In the past during the 80's and 90's, there was no Airtrain and cities like DC, Philadelphia, , Boston, Chicago, and even Cleveland (which was the first city to have a major rapid transit line connecting to a major airport) had direct connections to a major airport, and while NYC did have the old JFK line from 57th St/6th Ave to Howard Beach/JFK, the connection was through a shuttle bus.
The MTA decided to connect JFK to the A-Train around 2003 and I remember grumbling with a few wow straphanger about how it was free to take the bus in comparison to the price of $6 to JFK and he agreed with me even though our wishful thinkings couldn't stop what was to be the inevitable. The Airtrain is meant for airline passengers who seek to use rail transit to make a direct connection to those airports as opposed to serving the local communities and if that was the case, then another rail line should be constructed to do so.
With such a busy city as NYC and practically the busiest, closing LGA would be highly impractical, and since JFK handles mainly the int'l flight, and EWR handles both domestic and int'l, LGA is a major link to NYC from domestic points the way Midway serves Chicago and DCA serves DC. Until I hear of Chicago and DC wanting to close Midway and DCA, LGA will never close. And if the city plans on closing LGA, what are you going to replace LGA with, a park?
I'd rather keep LGA as our main domestic airport and improving on the design and runways than closing it and causing more air traffic to build up in JFK and EWR!
The closest I can think of that can be what you're talking about would have to be the Interborough Express ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYRZT9LguA). It's a nice line and it can work in NYC but the only issue is that would it be heavily used in comparison to other lines? The G line is the least used line simply because it doesn't go into Manhattan, and with the Second Ave line costing over $12 B, while it would be ideal to create and construct such a line, the costs of building such a line, especially one which may not be as heavily used as the G train, may fall right back to the rank and file. I'd rather extend the 3 train to Spring Creek and the F train to Belmont Park than to create a brand new line at this point.
You two should discuss plans for becoming billionaires. You'd have a better shot at that than fantasizing about public infrastructure in NYC.
Who in the hell would suggest closing LaGuardia?? that's crazy!!
There's a cohort of people who like to sit around and circle jerk fantasizing about NYC transit. They draw all types of lines on maps and build out various infrastructure projects in their fantasy worlds.
Once you start talking to them about the politics and costs surrounding said projects, they go mute or claim that NYC isn't terrible corrupt, incompetent, and inefficient when it comes to public transit and infrastructure.
It's like the people who play dungeons and dragons except that D&D players know they're in a fantasy world.
extend the Q to 125th, then the Bronx. I want it from 135th & 3rd to Fordham road. Either that or create a new line.
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