For half a century, JFK International Airport has lacked direct access via rail transit. Delays on the interstate highway accessing JFK have increased travel times, while traffic flow has been further inhibited by on-airport roadway congestion. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operating agency, compared alternatives for an airport access system to connect JFK to Manhattan and reduce on-airport traffic.


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    Title :

    Combining Metro Connector and Airport Circulator Technologies: New York's AirTrain


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Eighth International Conference on Automated People Movers ; 2001 ; San Francisco, California, United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2001-10-11




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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