>>1537451when I flew into LaGuardia, we had to cross a busy road to catch a bus for a long ride into the nearest station at night with a bunch of luggage. it sucked to go to the "city with the best transit in the US" and that was the offering from the airport.
living in Atlanta ruins you on airport transit. Marta's southern terminus is inside the airport terminal, and then if your gate is far from the terminal, they have a train inside the airport to reach all the gates.
my total walking from my house to SFO was a block to the Marta station and then a a bit more than that through the terminal between trains. other than plane fare it cost less than 2 bucks (can't remember the fare in 04). but then from SFO to the city was a really long, traffic-y highway drive.