Wellington airport in New Zealand has had intermittent public transport options for decades, and they charge outrageous surcharges for taxis leaving/arriving. NZ is even more car-brained than the US though.
Canberra, Australia has ok bike to the airport. No bike parking at the airport, so if you’re seeing someone off you’re probably locking it to a sign or a fence. You’re in with cars for the last kilometre though as the airport doesn’t consider bikes, though the city does
I’ll never forget when I first learned that. It was a 8 minute drive from the airport hotel to the airport. Or a 90 minute walk. But on a map, it looked like two blocks tops.
I went to school a block away from a major international airport. Unless you can hop a fence and run with bags on a runway while dodging security and airplanes, what you said is true. I’ve lived near the airport most of my life and I still have trouble escaping from it after picking up/dropping off someone.
Same for most airports that I saw, all only reachable via highways
I left an airport in Germany one time by bicycle.
Found that it dumped me onto an autobahn with no alternative.
It’s not just US that designs terrible airports
Wellington airport in New Zealand has had intermittent public transport options for decades, and they charge outrageous surcharges for taxis leaving/arriving. NZ is even more car-brained than the US though.
Canberra, Australia has ok bike to the airport. No bike parking at the airport, so if you’re seeing someone off you’re probably locking it to a sign or a fence. You’re in with cars for the last kilometre though as the airport doesn’t consider bikes, though the city does
I’ll never forget when I first learned that. It was a 8 minute drive from the airport hotel to the airport. Or a 90 minute walk. But on a map, it looked like two blocks tops.
I went to school a block away from a major international airport. Unless you can hop a fence and run with bags on a runway while dodging security and airplanes, what you said is true. I’ve lived near the airport most of my life and I still have trouble escaping from it after picking up/dropping off someone.
Our local one put in a tunnel underneath the runway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKvSYrs0EsY
Though it looks like it might be lost to the public due to expansion plans for the airport :(