[vkou]

AirTrain is also responsible for getting you around the terminals. You can't expect the subway to have a stop at each terminal. $8 is steep, but it is essentially an airport fee.

Who pays airport-related taxes is relevant to this conversation - you were talking about residents getting tax-gouged when they had to go to the airport.

[bogomipz]

My comment was that there is "no single" train that takes you to the airport. Which is 100% accurate as it is two completely separate trains and two distinct payments and tickets with zero integration. The downvote is for what? Being correct?

And while you can take two trains to get JFK you can take no trains to LaGuardia. So yes a rush hour surcharge to take a taxi to the airport is insulting.

You don't need a separate rail system to take you around Kennedy airport like you do Dallas Fort Worth or Heathrow as its far more compact. A stop within the airport and people movers would have been sufficient. And this proposal of extending into the aiport was on the table at one point within the Port Authority.

[Symbiote]

London Heathrow uses public railway for going between terminals, though there are also buses.

The metro has three stations at the airport, and the national railway network also has three. Using either system within the airport is free.

There are shuttle trains to travel within terminal 5. I guess that shows how huge the airport is.