Last week, the MTA reviewed progress on its LaGuardia Airport Subway Access study. The MTA has honed its options down to variations on extending the N subway to the airport, strategies to build a “people mover” between the airport and the N train’s terminus, and an option for a guided busway along the Grand Central Parkway and over the Queensborough Bridge.

The MTA’s “scoring” process showed that three of the four highest rated options extend the N train, while one uses the people mover. The MTA has budgeted $50 million for environmental review and engineering. In 2004, it is scheduled to spend $585 million on construction.

The MTA eliminated other options because they did not provide a one-seat ride to Lower Manhattan or because tracks were fully used by existing subway or railroad service. Nonetheless, the Queens Civic Congress feels that a spur from the LIRR Port Washington Branch should be studied further.

MTA Press Release on first round o LaGuardia Airport Access meetings in 1998.

One Seat Ride to La Guardia Proposed - September 4, 1998

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