New Airport Planned To Ease New York Air Congestion
With high traffic and no ability to expand existing runways, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is redeveloping an old Air Force base into the region's fourth major airport.
"Stewart Airport, an abandoned Air Force base 60 miles up the Hudson River from Manhattan, is being transformed into a fourth airport for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York's airport operator."
"Unable to build additional runways at La Guardia, Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports, the Port Authority paid $78.5 million to buy a 93-year lease on Stewart and pledged to invest $500 million more to turn it into a bustling hub. The state of New York just completed construction of a new access road and is working on making interstate highways connect more easily to the airport. And the Port Authority has already built a 400-spot parking lot."
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This is an exceptionally relevant article for anyone who has every flown, or will be flying...not just to NYC, but 'nationwide':
"Easing congestion in the New York area would improve air-traffic flow nationwide. New York was responsible for a majority of all delayed flights last year -- delays that cascade through the nation's air-travel system and create havoc for millions of travelers..."
That's the GOOD news.
However, from a smart growth perspective - focusing on the transportation side of SG, I'm not so sure this new, '4th' airport is all that smart:
Transit access to Stewart Airport appears to be rather poor: "Currently, train service to Beacon, N.Y., takes about 85 minutes, and a $1 shuttle bus adds another 20 minutes to the trip. The Port Authority is trying to get direct bus service that might be quicker..."
To sum it up:
"It's the easy, inexpensive drive that makes Stewart so appealing, says Steve Landes of Pompano Beach, Fla., who uses Stewart when visiting his daughter in New York. "There's parking, ample parking, and it's only $7 or $8 a day."
So much for getting air travelers out of their own cars and using transit....
Irvin Dawid, Palo Alto, CA
Bad News!
It is definitely bad news to promote more flying as we enter the age of global warming. We should deal with airport congestion by moving vigorously to build high-speed rail, in order to shift the shorter inter-city trips from planes to trains.
Of course, there is always a danger that, if you try to build high-speed rail, environmentalists will sue you over some local issue and ignore the larger issue of global warming.
Charles Siegel