Burbank to build transportation hub
USA Today
By Roger Yu
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...kin30_ST_N.htm
Burbank's Bob Hope Airport in California has joined a growing list of airports that are building a ground transportation hub.
Last week, the Burbank City Council approved the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's application to spend $120 million for a "Regional Intermodal Transportation Center" that would allow rail, bus and rental car travelers to converge at one central point. Miami and Providence's T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island are also building intermodal facilities, while San Diego, Phoenix and Los Angeles have a similar plan.
The hub will promote greater use of public transportation, eliminate most rental car shuttle buses and reduce the airport's environmental footprint, says Dan Feger, the airport's executive director. The project is expected to be completed in 2012. It will link the train platform, about 200 yards from the airport, to the terminal with a moving walkway.
Other features include: a solar-powered structure that includes a consolidated rental car facility and a bus transit area; a compressed natural gas fueling station for shuttle buses; and more parking for rail and airport passengers.
The airport will pay for it with new bonds, "passenger facility charges" added to airfares, rent from rental companies and federal grants.