NEW YORK CITY—Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a law to go forward with the environmental review required for construction of the $1.5 billion LaGuardia AirTrain. The project is part of the $8 billion redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport currently underway. It seeks to create less than 30-minute mass transit travel between Midtown Manhattan and the airport.
The proposal directs the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates LaGuardia Airport, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to build a transfer station at Mets-Willets Point. From there an AirTrain would leave to the airport every four minutes.
The governor's office computes the under 30-minute trip starting with a 16-minute ride on the Long Island Rail Road from Penn Station or Grand Central Terminal (or an MTA ride on the 7 subway line, which could take a little longer). The travelers would then transfer at Mets-Willets Point onto the AirTrain's additional six-minute ride to LaGuardia.
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
