Originally Posted by
Buster CT1K
This is crazy. Is there no way to keep the ATS system at least partially open?
In 2018 when they started the process, it was partially open: meaning it was open on the weekend but closed during the week.
Originally Posted by
eng3
At they time they had alot of buses lined up so there was not much waiting. They had a large tent with fans setup due to the summer heat.
It was not as fast as the train but not really that much longer.
A bit more inconvenient since you have to lug your bag(s) on/off the bus.
I don't understand why this would worsen vehicular traffic. Because the extra buses on the road? They say there will be a new bus lane. So they are removing one lane for cars and dedicating it to busses only?
I also think it is ridiculous that their only solution to worsening traffic is to tell you to take the blue line.
We had to take the bus this past summer. It was in July on a Thursday at about 4:00 PM. The whole thing was a madhouse. The line was long with people cutting the line. Then the traffic was so slow that I could have walked faster. Oops! There's no way to walk from Terminal 5 to Terminal 1. Maybe with the dedicated bus lane it would be faster than what I experienced.
At least passengers arriving in Terminal 5 and connecting to American or United can give the luggage back as soon as getting out of the border control area. For other passengers it was very difficult. And those passengers with luggage were blocking the exiting of the bus when arriving at Terminal 1. They had to get out of the bus with their luggage to let people out and some did not want to do that with the heavy luggage.
What other choice do you propose for reducing the traffic instead of the blue line? Helicopters?