Such a plan is big, but will deliver significantly greater benefits than similarly priced projects that would deliver far less. But it's the best way to ensure that the jail complex on Rikers Island really does close. And if it's worth it to us to spend tens of billions of dollars to make our airports more pleasant to be inside of, isn't it more important to make them much easier and more pleasant to travel to — and, in the process, improve the commutes for hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers?