NYC Subway Needs $1.7 Billion In New Elevators, Feds Say – Curbed NY
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NYC Subway Needs $1.7 Billion In New Elevators, Feds Say
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Evan Bindelglass@evabin
Feb 1, 2016, 11:30am EST
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990 and now, a quarter century later, the federal government—specifically the Federal Transit Administration—wants the MTA to make more of its 469 subway stations accessible. The FTA has recommended adding more elevators, which could mean an additional $1.7 billion expense, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Right now, only 22 percent of the stations are accessible. Compare that to San Francisco’s BART system, which is 100 percent accessible (but has far fewer stations than the New York City subway), or Chicago’s transit system, which has 145 stations, more than half of which are accessible.
On top of that, the MTA’s previous efforts at accessibility may [...]
