LaGuardia Train Project, at $345,900 a Rider, Is Called the World’s Costliest
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The AirTrain project to LaGuardia Airport is set to become the world’s most costly transit project per daily rider, according to a new report by government watchdog group Reinvent Albany. The report quickly drew the ire of Port Authority officials.
The LaGuardia AirTrain project that was championed by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will cost at least $2 billion, the group said in the report. Reinvent Albany concluded that the train line would cost about $345,900 per daily rider and would represent almost double the transit construction costs of the Second Avenue Subway build out, the group said.