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Originally Posted by Ragnar
You do realize that $5 billion includes things like runway relocations, taxiway development, new baggage systems, new Central Utility Plant, and a whole bunch of other things not related to TBIT, right?
Of course you do....
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yeah, runway relocations, taxiways, and baggage systems to keep the airport functioning safely. that is great and all but as far as passenger usability real and percieved, little is changed. The only tangible difference for the passenger in my view, are the consolidated rental car facility and the people-mover.
as i've said, afer $5 billion in spending, many passengers will still have to exit one building and trek to another terminal (luckily, now via people-mover), and then through TSA all over again just to transfer. forget the mediocrity of the architecture, this glaring functional deficiency could have been resolved with an alternate spending prioritization centered around linking all post-TSA areas of the airport into a single seamless corridor...mostly by linking Bradley International with the rest of the airport.
LAX will suck almost as much as it did prior to the renovation, only it will not look as outdated doing it.