Recebi de Michael Güller, um dos dois conferencistas que vieram a Lisboa para falar de cidades aeroportuárias, duas notas que clarificam as suas posições relativamente ao debate sobre os acessos ao novo aeroporto de Lisboa, na sequência do que escrevi aqui. Com a sua autorização, passo a transcrevê-las:

  1. In your seventh paragraph you are using the word ‚ridiculo’ with respect to the planned accessibility of the airport. I would put it in a different way: an airport could have a different role in the regional transportation system than just being the dead-end of a shuttle to town. In any case, given the 40km distance to town, the shuttle is also important, and far away from being ridiculous. It is the natural starting point when thinking about airport accessibility.

  1. Regarding the footnote, I would not suggest that we share the opinion about the Third Tejo Crossing being conceived in the wrong position: we do not know the specific situation well enough, and the crossing must in any case ultimately not only be conceived from the point of view of airport accessibility: there are also reasons of regional accessibility and structure for the crossing’s position. For example: if you want to link the airport to the eastbound TGV-line, you could leave the crossing as planned, and also simply deviate the alignment of the TGV more towards the North, as soon as it reaches the Southern shore of the Tejo.