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   Stephen Sprunk to conklin   
   Re: Airport to City Center, 50 Airports   
   29 Jul 14 17:36:34   
   
   From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 29-Jul-14 09:29, conklin wrote:   
   >> Glen Labah  wrote:   
   >>> The Seattle Transit Blog posted a list of what they consider the 50   
   >>> busiest airports, and compare trying to get from them to downtown by   
   >>> transit vs. a taxi.  Some cities are faster by transit, but of course   
   >>> most are slower.   
   >   
   > Interesting but most people are NOT traveling to city centers, but to   
   > other suburbs.   
      
   ... and putting the airport in one suburb means it's further to other   
   suburbs on the other side of downtown.  Not very efficient.   
      
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