Boston Airport Could Start Charging To Pick Up And Drop Off Passengers For Environmental ReasonsOne of the best forms of transportation to and from an airportat least, for the person flyingis by a car that someone else is driving. You dont have to worry about missing a shuttle, parking fees, hauling bags forever or any of that. But, because we cant have nice things, a Boston airport wants to mess it all up. The Boston Globe reports that the Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns three airports in the state, agreed to study the effects of charging a fee to cars picking up and dropping off airline passengers at its Logan International Airport in Boston. The study should run until July 2. Globe and other outlets didnt report exactly how the study going to go down. Perhaps the weirdest thing about the fee proposal is how the Globe reports that Massport did it in conjunction with an environmental group thats seeking to curb congestion and air pollution. The airports added more than 1. Globe reports, and the environmental group thinks the more than 2. In return for charging people and helping our green earth, the environmental group said it wouldnt object to the airports expensive plan to add thousands of parking spaces. You know how people make their way into parking spaces By driving cars, and, usually, producing emissions. Sure, the car doesnt have to make a round trip each time a passenger is picked up or dropped off, but adding 5,0. From the Boston Globe Massport, which runs the airport, agreed to study the fee as part of a broad truce with the environmental group. One of the best forms of transportation to and from an airportat least, for the person flyingis by a car that someone else is driving. You dont have to worry.
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