AFS Cinema
Getting to the Airport
RECEIVED Mon., Oct. 12, 2020
Dear Editor,
Driving north on I-35 I saw the billboard - Light Rail to the Airport! Exciting because that is a trip I make almost every day, by that I mean 6, maybe 8 times a year. So worth $1.3 billion. Once I get my luggage Downtown, I can drag it to a train stop, then drag it off the train to the waiting shuttle bus that will zip me (eventually) to the terminal. I can trust Metro planning, because the current airport Metrobus makes only one stop, at the farthest end of the terminal, a convenient 100 yard dash (plus an escalator) from the TSA entrance. Does the city PAY someone to think up these ads? I could do it better, cheaper, and without making the city look like it's run by idiots. I mean really? Don't skirt the city to get to the airport - instead you should go straight through the middle of it, dragging your suitcase and carry-on to an enormous metal contraption that lurches along the streets, as long as nothing gets in its way. If that happens pray an Uber shows up to whisk you (and the other 5 people on the train) on their way.
Driving north on I-35 I saw the billboard - Light Rail to the Airport! Exciting because that is a trip I make almost every day, by that I mean 6, maybe 8 times a year. So worth $1.3 billion. Once I get my luggage Downtown, I can drag it to a train stop, then drag it off the train to the waiting shuttle bus that will zip me (eventually) to the terminal. I can trust Metro planning, because the current airport Metrobus makes only one stop, at the farthest end of the terminal, a convenient 100 yard dash (plus an escalator) from the TSA entrance. Does the city PAY someone to think up these ads? I could do it better, cheaper, and without making the city look like it's run by idiots. I mean really? Don't skirt the city to get to the airport - instead you should go straight through the middle of it, dragging your suitcase and carry-on to an enormous metal contraption that lurches along the streets, as long as nothing gets in its way. If that happens pray an Uber shows up to whisk you (and the other 5 people on the train) on their way.
Eric Andruscavage
