<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rkkwan:
What if they save the billions to build the rail system, and just build the bus routes INTO the terminal, covered, and totally air-conditioned, buy more buses, run each bus straight from the terminals to the train station without stopping at long-term lots, AND give people $2 instead of charging them $5 with the money saved. Would that be better than the train?</font>
Not really.
The traffic around and in JFK is bad enough as it is without adding more of it.
Personally, if the transfer at Jamaica LIRR is good, I will use it in preference to taxis. As I do in any airport with a decent transport connection. Buses and crowded roads are just too unpredictable to catch a flight.