From: otterpower@xhotmail.com   
      
   On 6/9/2014 11:27 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Given the relatively short trip time from Newark Penn Station to the   
   >> airport via the regular bus, one can't help but wonder if the whole   
   >> monorail and separate train station was a huge boondoggle.  For far, far   
   >> less cost, they could've provided an express bus, designed for easy   
   >> luggage handling, from Newark Penn.  Some traffic priority in tight   
   >> spots could've been given.  Perhaps even better service than what is   
   >> provided now.   
   >   
   > It never made sense to me that PATH wasn't extended onto the airport   
   > campus. Given the repair work being done to repair potholes, it also   
   > tells us Skytrain has certain maintenance costs associated with it unique   
   > to fixed guideway that a conventional railroad wouldn't have.   
   >   
   >> Newark Penn was originally built to be an inter-modal station.   
   >   
   > With shuttle buses to the airport way back when?   
   >   
   > It's also clear that basing the shuttle operation at Newark Penn Station   
   > provides additional train service that wouldn't be offered at Newark   
   > Airport Station.   
   >   
   The ground floor of the station has specially designed and designated   
   bus lanes, and they have been in use for more decades than I've been   
   counting.   
      
      
      
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