July 20, 2021

Statement from A Better Way to LGA Coalition

Coalition Co-Chairs and Members Celebrate Approval of AirTrain LGA

“Today is a day to celebrate if you love protecting the environment, hate sitting in traffic, and welcome job creation and economic opportunity for minority- and women-owned businesses. Today is the day the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers who commented in support of the AirTrain LGA project finally get the faster, cleaner, more reliable transportation option to LaGuardia Airport they want and deserve. 

We commend the Federal Aviation Administration for conducting an exhaustive, transparent public process, and we applaud leaders at the Port Authority for agreeing with the recommendations made by our fellow New Yorkers to invest $50 million to improve and maintain the Malcolm X Promenade along Flushing Bay and other nearby Queens parks.

Today’s decision confirms what hundreds of business leaders, transportation advocates, community members, labor unions, and civic stakeholders have known for months: this environmentally-friendly transportation link will provide reliable, sustainable, 21st century access to the new LaGuardia Airport, while helping to drive the economic recovery of the region that was among the nation’s hardest hit by COVID-19.”