Comments on: Why You Can’t Take the Subway to LaGuardia Airport http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/ Airline News and Commentary Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: globeseeker http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-6066 globeseeker Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:07:21 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/#comment-6066 For a compelling look at how Robert Moses bungled transit and destroyed neighborhoods throughout NYC, see Ric Burns' PBS documentary, "New York." It's 14 hours but most of it is fascinating. For a compelling look at how Robert Moses bungled transit and destroyed neighborhoods throughout NYC, see Ric Burns’ PBS documentary, “New York.” It’s 14 hours but most of it is fascinating.

]]> By: Dan http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-6065 Dan Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:00:23 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/#comment-6065 It's absurd that there isn't a subway to Laguardia. Or even LIRR. There is a #7 subway stop and an LIRR stop at Shea stadium. I can't see how it could be that difficult to extend either one to the airport. Then again, it's ridiculous that there is no direct train from Manhattan to JFK. You should not have to change trains in Jamaica to get there. The A train could have been extended. BTW, when the Van Wyke Expressway was built, a corresponding rail was proposed and Robert Moses would not allow it to be built. One of the engineers then, (1950's?) predicted with good accuracy the high cost of building the airrail in the future as an add on. So, as anyone who has read 'The Power Broker' knows, many of these types of problems can be blamed on good ol' RM. It’s absurd that there isn’t a subway to Laguardia. Or even LIRR. There is a #7 subway stop and an LIRR stop at Shea stadium. I can’t see how it could be that difficult to extend either one to the airport.

Then again, it’s ridiculous that there is no direct train from Manhattan to JFK. You should not have to change trains in Jamaica to get there. The A train could have been extended.

BTW, when the Van Wyke Expressway was built, a corresponding rail was proposed and Robert Moses would not allow it to be built. One of the engineers then, (1950’s?) predicted with good accuracy the high cost of building the airrail in the future as an add on.

So, as anyone who has read ‘The Power Broker’ knows, many of these types of problems can be blamed on good ol’ RM.

]]> By: Commuter http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-6064 Commuter Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:58:07 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2006/04/27/why-you-cant-take-the-subway-to-laguardia-airport/#comment-6064 So we're gonna just look past the fact that until 2000 it was ok that there was no subway from NYC to LGA? Come on baby, you're better than that. So we’re gonna just look past the fact that until 2000 it was ok that there was no subway from NYC to LGA? Come on baby, you’re better than that.

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