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The good news is that the AirTrain shuttle to John F. Kennedy International Airport could be operating as early as the fall. The bad news is that Kelvin DeBourgh Jr. won't be around to see it. The train operator died last year after a test-run derailment that stalled the light-rail project for months.
The Port Authority resumed train testing last week, thanks to convincing evidence that the system is structurally sound. Good, because as tragic and preventable as DeBourgh's death may have been, officials are obliged...