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Old Posted May 18, 2009, 5:28 PM
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Originally Posted by VivaLFuego View Post
Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, DC. If you include light rail, then add St. Louis & Minneapolis, and shortly Seattle. Probably a few other light rail connections, too.

As with most airport rail connections, at least in the US, the majority of users will be airport employees, not travelers.
SF is apparently about to have rail to 2 airports. They are getting "stimulus" money to do the "people mover" connecting the Oakland Airport to BART as well as SFO.

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the BART board on Thursday approved a funding plan to build a people mover connecting the Coliseum Station and the Oakland airport.

The project was billed as a chance to create thousands of new jobs and the 3.2 mile airport connector would transport passengers on an elevated track that bypasses street traffic and would cost as much as much as $552 million, according to current estimates. At the start of the decade the project's price tag was just $130 million.

Although the airport connector has been discussed for about 30 years and has had numerous starts and stops, the flailing economy may have given it the financial lift it needs to move forward with the infusion of $70 million in federal stimulus funds.
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAQF17KNQM.DTL
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