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MTA Plan Calls for More Accessible Subway Stations
A $51 billion proposal revealed Monday calls for making another 66 stations accessible, via elevators and ramps. That’s up from 50 — out of 472.
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The Elevated Line: MTA Adding More Lifts to 14th Street Stations
The MTA is rolling out plan to make more stations accessible to those who can’t use stairs or escalators, starting with more elevators on 14th Street.
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City Nearly Two Years Late on Making 60 Evacuation Shelters Accessible
The de Blasio administration promised to be ready by September 2017 to accommodate people with disabilities during disasters. New deadline: January.
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Transit Officials Running Late on Accessible Subway Stations
The list of the next 50 stops due to get elevators is overdue. About 75% of stations don’t fully serve riders with disabilities.
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City Promises Wheelchair Ramps on Every Corner
All 162,000 street corners in New York will be accessible within 15 years as part of a settlement to a federal suit. A monitor will oversee the work.
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Second Avenue Subway Escalators Fail to Rise: Report
In the newest stations in the system, only three of 32 escalators met reliability goals, an MTA inspector general report obtained by THE CITY found.
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Pol Blasts Company Responsible for Fixes on Subway’s Worst Escalator
Councilmember Keith Powers wants the private company charged with maintaining the escalator at the Lexington-53rd Street station to step up.
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Steep Descent For Subways’ Worst Escalator and Elevator
Private property owners leave riders in the lurch with out-of-commission equipment, MTA stats show – check out the lifts most likely to let you down.
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Going Up: Long Fight Over Subway Elevators Doubles Price Tag
The tab for the access project at the 68th St.-Hunter College station has risen to more than $116 million over a decade of delay-inducing opposition.
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Cuomo Ready to Deliver on Long-Delayed NYCHA Aid, Says Monitor
Repairs on public housing boilers and elevators in dozens of New York City Housing Authority buildings await $450M in pledged funds