NEW YORK — Light rail, express buses, ferry service, and subway extensions are among the new public-transit options to connect Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport released Wednesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The website amNY.com reports a total of 14 options are offered as alternatives to the controversial AirTrain project that would run between the airport and subway and Long Island Rail Road stations at Willits Point in Queens. That project received the federal go-ahead last year [see “LaGuardia AirTrain project gets FAA approval,” Trains News Wire, July 21, 2021], but was subsequently placed on hold by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over neighborhood concerns, as well as the roundabout nature of the AirTrain connection.
The options include five different potential light rail routes, including one that essentially follows the AirTrain route and another that would extend south to the JFK Airport AirTrain at Jamaica. Two options for extensions of the N and W subway lines are also included. Maps of each options are available at the LaGuardia AirTrain website.
Two meetings, scheduled for March 16 and March 24, are planned to allow the public to comment on the new plans.
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