I'm a cynical New Yorker. Like everything else here, it looks nice and shiny when new, but maintenance and cleaning will be neglected. LGA will become tatty and tired within a few years. I point to The Oculus and the Moynihan Train Hall as examples of that.
But you have to carry the battery all the way from origin to destination. That can't be efficient.
With liquid fuel, much of it is burnt en route, only the safety margin has to be carried to the destination.
