JFK rail link

If the bond goes through, which I voter FOR, a JFK rail link will be built. Kind of defeats the Airtrain, doesn't it?

Dylanchris73 wrote:If the bond goes through, which I voter FOR, a JFK rail link will be built. Kind of defeats the Airtrain, doesn't it?

Don't make that assumption. Bond issues have been passed before and the money diverted to other projects.

The Second Avenue Subway has been funded by bond issues a number of times since it was proposed back in the 1920's and to this date not much has happened.

As for the JFK rail link - I have serious doubts that it will come to pass - at least not as proposed.

Allan wrote:

Dylanchris73 wrote:If the bond goes through, which I voter FOR, a JFK rail link will be built. Kind of defeats the Airtrain, doesn't it?

Don't make that assumption. Bond issues have been passed before and the money diverted to other projects.

The Second Avenue Subway has been funded by bond issues a number of times since it was proposed back in the 1920's and to this date not much has happened.

As for the JFK rail link - I have serious doubts that it will come to pass - at least not as proposed.

I think the MTA has bigger fish to fry at this point, among them LIRR East Side Access, the 2nd Ave. subway, a third track for the LIRR Main Line, and replacement of a rapidly aging fleet of subway cars.

To me the bond act should be used to make our systems more into the 21st Century.
As for the JFK Rail Link, build a LGA rail link first.

I agree. LGA is way underserved

A spur from the #7 is all you really need to serve LaGuardia, and it can be a one-seat ride all the way to Times Square. It seems like amazing this was never done.

NYCT and PANY&NJ can't agree on the way to do this.

JTR, where do you build an extension?

Dylanchris73 wrote:JTR, where do you build an extension?

Looking at a map a spur running from the current #7 line along Junction Blvd would be the most direct route. You can have trains running direct from LGA along the spur and then along the present #7 line from Junction Blvd to Times Square. You can make express stops only going to Manhattan AM or from Manhattan PM. In any case it would be a one seat ride of 30 minutes or less, far better than the current arrangement involving feeder buses to the subway. I also don't believe building an el for the 2 or so miles along Junction Blvd would be a problem since it is mostly commercial/industrial.

Interesting, but is there any chance that happens? I tend to doubt it., since no one seems to be screaming for it like they do for SAS.

Dylanchris73 wrote:Interesting, but is there any chance that happens?

Probably not. Chances are LGA will be closed long before any rail link is built.