<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cordelli:
Lets not forget the $2.50 per person tax everybody has been paying to fly into or out of Kennedy to fund this thing too.
Some more news stories about it today:
Just hours after its high-profile debut, the AirTrain system had to be shut down by the Port Authority for two hours Wednesday night because platform doors failed to open and trapped passengers in their trains
and even more comforting:
Unsure of what to do next, Mr. Sheehan wandered over to a talkback system on the platform and pushed an information button. No one picked up. Then he pushed the emergency button. After several minutes, an operator answered.
"I explained we were in Terminal 7," Mr. Sheehan said. "We were trying to get to Howard Beach. He said, `I don't know what's going on.' "
Was another train coming?
"I don't know."
Are the shuttle buses running?
"I don't know."
After a few airport employees flagged down cabs for themselves
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I read about this and just am stunned by the entire stupidity of this whole thing. Doppy brought up the extra costs for this "convenience". The A train has always worked and it is more convenient than this Airtrain if you are already in Manhattan. And it's $2.