lpetrich wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:33 pm
I tracked down that amny.com article: Port Authority reveals possible alternatives to LaGuardia AirTrain | amNewYork
- Bus: improved Q70 - Subway 7 Jackson Hts, Woodside Ave - BQE East
- Bus: improved M60 - 125th St. RFK Astoria Blvd.
- Bus: Subway NW Astoria Blvd. - Astoria Blvd.
- Bus: Subway NW Astoria-Ditmars - 31th St. 19th Ave.
- Bus: Subway R Northern Blvd. - Northern Blvd. 96th St.
- Light rail: Subway 7 Woodside Ave. - 55th Ave. BQE East
- Light rail: Subway 7 LIRR Mets Willetts Point
- Light rail: Subway LIRR Jamaica Station
- Light rail: Subway NW Astoria Blvd. - Astoria Blvd.
- Light rail: Subway 7 Jackson Hts - BQE East
- Subway extension: Subway NW 30th St. - Astoria Blvd
- Subway extension: Subway NW Astoria-Ditmars - 31th St. 19th Ave.
- Ferry service: Bowery Bay (W of LGA) or Flushing Bay (E of LGA) - Manhattan E 90 St. E 34th St. Pier 11
- "Other Options / Emerging Technologies"
A light-rail system would be grade separated for all its length, and mostly elevated with a below-grade section near LGA.
Under "Other Options / Emerging Technologies":
This study also includes an evaluation of innovative and emerging technologies that could be applicable, such as:
- Narrow tunnels with electric vehicles
- Fixed guideway with:
- Group rapid transit (autonomous shuttles or buses)
- Personal rapid transit (individual or small group pod systems)
"Narrow tunnels with electric vehicles" seems like Elon Musk's Tesla Tunnel in Las Vegas. "Personal rapid transit" seems like the Morgantown WV system - Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit - Wikipedia - though that is sometimes called "group rapid transit". Its vehicles have 8 seats and can hold 12 standees.
Okay, outsider looking in...
1-5 are no-gos due to traffic.
6-12 are variations of an extension or new subway line I mused with earlier.
13 is interesting, but I'd add more ferries from the Bronx, and add connecting bus service to the subway lines. It's a good addition to 6-12, though.
14... um... "gadgetbahn" crap.