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The fact that all three of the major New York City area airports made the "worst" list re-enforces the need for improved mass (ground) transit access to two outlying airports--Newburgh ("SWF") and Allentown/Lehigh Valley International ("ABE.") In the alternative, a massive Federal subsidy to US Helicopter, which has scheduled service to all three airports, might enable this carrier to purchase additional aircraft and lower fares to make shuttle service attractive to Newburgh and Allentown.

Newburgh is situated about 5 miles from the Salisbury/Cornwall Station of MTA Rail's Port Jervis Line. Until a new tunnel is completed under the Hudson River, rail travel to Penn Station, Manhattan now requires a change of trains at Secaucus Junction, New Jersey.

Allentown has a better potential for access to Manhattan. Rail lines run all the way to Manhattan. Rail passenger service currently stops about 25 miles east of Allentown at High Bridge, New Jersey. Passenger rail service, through to Allentown, has operated in the past.