{"id":221165,"date":"2021-04-07T18:20:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/documents-show-port-authority-fudged-lga-airtrain-benefits\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:20:19","slug":"documents-show-port-authority-fudged-lga-airtrain-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/documents-show-port-authority-fudged-lga-airtrain-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"#Documents show Port Authority fudged LGA AirTrain benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Documents show Port Authority fudged LGA AirTrain benefits<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A federal review of Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s\u00a0widely panned LaGuardia Airport AirTrain project\u00a0accused officials of using\u00a0\u201carbitrary\u201d criteria to ensure the\u00a0plan was chosen above all others \u2014 and concluded the railway would likely be slower than just driving there, newly revealed documents show.<\/p>\n

Emails and documents obtained by environmental group Riverkeeper this week through a freedom of information request show Federal Aviation Administration officials in 2019 peppered the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey with concerns about its rationale for rejecting alternatives to the pricey project \u2014 even though the feds are now poised to green-light it. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey called out the draft for being deficient,\u201d said Riverkeeper\u2019s Mike DuLong. \u201cAnd then FAA did its own analysis and came to the exact same conclusion and they have some of the exact same missteps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Critics have long blasted the planned $2 billion elevated train\u2019s bizarre \u201cwrong-way\u201d route \u2014 which goes past Citi Field instead of toward Manhattan \u2014 and have argued that it won\u2019t actually be any faster than existing transit options.<\/p>\n

In its own March 29, 2019, review, the FAA app<\/a>ears to have had the same concerns. <\/p>\n

The documents show federal officials specifically called out the Port Authority\u2019s laser focus on the criteria of \u201cminimization of community impacts\u201d for the project, which the feds said unfairly stopped officials from considering alternatives like buses, ferries \u2014 or even extending the N and W subway lines from nearby Astoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing minimization of impacts to screen out alternatives leads to arbitrary and unevenly applied criteria that are not fully informed by the full range of impacts associated with each alternative,\u201d the FAA wrote in comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also only allows one alternative to possibly meet the criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n

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People wear medical masks on the AirTrain enroute to John F. Kennedy Airport on March 7, 2020, in New York City.<\/figcaption>
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The 2019 analysis also indicated federal officials believed there were \u201cfundamental\u201d flaws in the Port Authority\u2019s claims that the AirTrain could enable travel<\/a> between Manhattan and the airport in a 30-minute timeframe via the Long Island Rail Road.<\/p>\n

To get to LaGuardia from Manhattan in under 30 minutes, travelers would have to start the clock on the LIRR platform at Penn Station \u2014 where a train would have to be waiting for them and about to leave, the FAA wrote.<\/p>\n

Port Authority officials also blew off the possibility of delays or capacity constraints on the LIRR and subways, according to the document. <\/p>\n

\u201cA 36-minute door-to-door car ride may actually be quick than 28 minute train ride when the time to travel from the door to the station platform is factored in,\u201d FAA officials wrote.<\/p>\n

Any potential time savings would be further reduced by the sheer fact of geography. To board the AirTrain, travelers will have to start nearly two miles farther east of Manhattan than the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bus service that goes to LaGuardia is faster than the AirTrain is going to be,\u201d DuLong said. \u201cEvery transit expert that I\u2019ve spoken to has said that this is a bad idea, and that there are better options on the table. We just want a meaningful review of those alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite these concerns, however, Riverkeeper argues that the FAA ultimately mimicked the same methodology in its own subsequent review of the plan the following year \u2014 coming to the same conclusion to support the AirTrain. <\/p>\n

DuLong said the FAA is expected to give the project the go-ahead as soon as April 15.<\/p>\n

An FAA spokesman said the agency received the documents from Riverkeeper late Tuesday afternoon and is reviewing them.<\/p>\n

A Port Authority spokesperson defended the environmental review process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FAA conducted a thorough process that resulted in a 600-page environmental impact statement that appropriately and independently examined all alternatives and ultimately identified the Port Authority\u2019s proposed route as the preferred alternative for bringing mass rail transit to LaGuardia Airport,\u201d the rep said in a statement.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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