Cuomo to Call for an AirTrain to LaGuardia

[marmar]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unveiled his plans to modernize New York's infrastructure and transportation system.

In a speech Tuesday before the business group Association for a Better New York in Manhattan, Cuomo offered a preview of his annual State of the State address scheduled for Wednesday.

The biggest proposal was a rail link to LaGuardia Airport in Queens.

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Cuomo proposed building an AirTrain link like the one that serves John F. Kennedy Airport.

The new 1.5-mile rail line would run along Grand Central Parkway, and connect the airport to the current Willets Point station that serves Long Island Rail Road commuters and the No. 7 subway line. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.wnyc.org/story/cuomo-outlines-transportation-and-infrastructure-plan/

[AndreaCG]

1. Meh

Sounds like an awful lot of money, and just more crowding on an already crowded train line. How high are they going to hike the fares for the majority of straphangers who will never go to the airport?