It does not serve the airport because the original planning fell victim to the long held fantasy of a revival of downtown as some sort of entertainment/high end retail/up scale dining area. As I said before, the fact that then mayor Tom McHenry's family has significant property holdings down there was a major factor. Other than office space, downtown San Jose died in the 1950's and NOTHING is going to bring it back.

I do know the thought of a line to the aerodrome was discussed but the money for two north/south lines was not there so the downtown fantasy/McHenry influence prevailed. The fear of running over a few of San Jose's finer drunken/stoned/illegal/homeless citizens brought about the speed restrictions, something the Toonerville boys will never overcome.

Drew Jacksich

Life long San Jose resident and distressed about it.








Charley On The MTA Wrote:
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> On top of everything else, has anyone but me
> noticed that this is ONE MORE light rail transit
> system that can't seem to directly serve the major
> airport of the city? How dumb is THAT?? Way too
> many of these systems are designed and built to
> placate influential politicians and special
> interest groups (like shopping malls). Serving
> the needs of the traveling public is about sixth
> down on their list of priorities.