The Benefits Of State-Of-The-Art Airports

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a $4 billion plan yesterday to completely rebuild LaGuardia Airport.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Mitchell Moss about the role airports play in a region’s economy, and why it matters to have a state-of-the-art airport in a city. Moss is director of the Rudin Center for Transportation and Policy Management at NYU.

Guest

• Mitchell Moss, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation and Policy Management at NYU. He tweets @mossmitchell.

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