US: The traffic messes of LAX and LGA
Airports have experienced a huge construction boom as they’ve expanded and modernised. But the toughest jobs got saved for last: The most complicated projects in the most important US airports are snarling travel for millions of passengers this year. At Los Angeles International Airport, the already-congested single roadway that loops in front of all nine terminals has become traffic molasses. The number of cars jumped 9% this year, faster than passenger growth, according to LAX police. The horseshoe-shaped road has seen lanes closed for construction. Changes inside the newly expanded international terminal have created jams at the curb. It will likely get worse before it gets better: A complete rebuilding with a people-mover to shuttle in passengers from remote parking and drop-offs is scheduled to break ground in 2018, with more disruption probable. The entire airport rebuilding is estimated at $14b. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has had construction on roadways around the airport and some lane closures in front of terminals earlier this year. In New York, the new $5.3b project to rebuild La Guardia Airport’s central terminal forced roadway changes that led to a traffic meltdown in August. “Traffic is crazier than usual. It’s been a rough summer,” says Cheryl Berkman, CE of Music Express, a limousine service operating in several cities.<br/>
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US: The traffic messes of LAX and LGA
Airports have experienced a huge construction boom as they’ve expanded and modernised. But the toughest jobs got saved for last: The most complicated projects in the most important US airports are snarling travel for millions of passengers this year. At Los Angeles International Airport, the already-congested single roadway that loops in front of all nine terminals has become traffic molasses. The number of cars jumped 9% this year, faster than passenger growth, according to LAX police. The horseshoe-shaped road has seen lanes closed for construction. Changes inside the newly expanded international terminal have created jams at the curb. It will likely get worse before it gets better: A complete rebuilding with a people-mover to shuttle in passengers from remote parking and drop-offs is scheduled to break ground in 2018, with more disruption probable. The entire airport rebuilding is estimated at $14b. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has had construction on roadways around the airport and some lane closures in front of terminals earlier this year. In New York, the new $5.3b project to rebuild La Guardia Airport’s central terminal forced roadway changes that led to a traffic meltdown in August. “Traffic is crazier than usual. It’s been a rough summer,” says Cheryl Berkman, CE of Music Express, a limousine service operating in several cities.<br/>
