From: cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca   
      
   On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:35:45 -0500, Stephen Sprunk   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 29-Jul-14 18:11, Nobody wrote:   
   >> Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >>> On 29-Jul-14 09:29, conklin wrote:   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Unless of course the airport is "Downtown" so you're comin' from and   
   >> goin' to the various suburbs equally.    
   >   
   >In most cases, it's tough to put an airport downtown, unlike a rail   
   >station.  That's the root of why conky hates downtown: he hates rail, so   
   >he must automatically hate anything rail is good at.   
      
   Considering that he reports on his train travels, I would say there is   
   more than hate involved.  If he truly hated the train, he wouldn't   
   travel by train.   
   >   
   >Of course, that doesn't mean rail could _only_ stop downtown; one of the   
   >inherent modal advantages of rail is that it can stop in multiple places   
   >at negligible additional cost, meaning it can serve downtown _and_ all   
   >of the suburbs, whereas airports only serve one suburb.   
      
   Maybe the dollar cost is low but the time cost while less than that   
   for intercity bus or air still con be a significant factor.   
      
   Clark Morris   
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