Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Its being mandated by the airport authority. Its 5 to 6 minutes on the train to Federal station. You save time by the shorter drive distance in the van. In traffic it might in fact be faster. If however you come into terminal 2 where there is no train stop it becomes a real issue. Terminal 4 its not even a real inconvenience.
Actually from most gates at T4 to the airtrain is a hike. The stop for T2, and there IS a stop at T2 is closer but it is a bit of a walk. T1 is probably closer to T2 than either of the above examples.... The problem is that you have to ride around the entire airport unless you ride over to T8 and then change to the train that goes outside the airport.
Personally, I hope the architecture firm that did T4 has been fired, never to be seen again on the premises. I could have had the 5th year architecture students at UT do a project on this and come out with a much better result. I find it amazing that to get outside the airport one has to walk almost completely to the other finger, and the signage there is abhorrent.