So now New York is charging $5.00 for all passengers who get off at Howard's Beech on a 2 hour $2.00 ticket (which was $1.50 not too long ago). So the cost is now $7.00 and the free shuttle buses are gone.

I guess, I will spend $100.00 to fly a connection into JFK instead because I hate the A train and the audacity for NY to keep that system as noisy as a 100 year old system. I will not use credit cards and the $5.00 in my pocket was robbed by the passengers of the A train before I departed.

I'm not paying one dime to use the Airtran. It is not the Airport Express of Hong Kong. What it is is a short ride to stations that provide more trouble than what JFK has to offer. I don't see any free shuttle to The Conrad at any Airtran stop, therefore DEATH TO THE AIRTRAN!!