Westsidelife-- "As for the Harbor Subdivision, the Green Line South Bay Extension is essentially the same thing. I think the PPP program could work for the Harbor Subdivision. Maybe the airlines at LAX could pay for part of the LAX Express?"
The FAA prohibits using AIP funds for transit projects that are off of the airport propoerty. With regard to paying for transit at airports, FAA funding can only be used for "Certain mass transit airport access projects located entirely on airport property and designed and intended exclusively for use by airport passengers." (
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs...rp_lrd_002.pdf)
The airlines also do not have any money to pay for extending the Green Line. As the Wall Street Journal noted yesterday, revenue at US carriers will drop by approximately 20% this year (
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1247...googlenews_wsj ). This is in addition to the $35B that US airlines lost from 2001-2005.