Plans for Elevator for NYC MTA Station Taking Shape

Plans to install the long-awaited elevator at Mosholu Parkway subway station, which serves the 4 line and is located at the border of Jerome Park and Norwood in the Bronx, NYC, are finally taking shape, according to The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the Norwood News reports. Replacement elevators are also set to be installed at three existing accessible Bronx subway stations as part of two new, public-private partnerships, the agency announced on November 30. The announcement was described as a “sweeping package of accessibility upgrades” that will make nine more New York City Subway stations accessible, replace and upgrade elevators at another five subway stations and make seven Long Island Rail Road stations in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties fully accessible for the first time. Given the proximity of Mosholu Parkway station to a number of local hospitals and healthcare facilities, local elected officials, health workers, activists, residents and patients have been organizing and signing petitions, and calling for an elevator to be installed at the station since at least 2018, as reported. The Mosholu Parkway subway elevator project finally got MTA budget approval in September 2019 and, in December of that year, more details were announced regarding the plan, along with those of other planned upgrades to Kingsbridge Road and Burnside Avenue stations. MTA officials said its board approved two contracts to advance the ADA upgrades to the NYC Transit system under the referenced public-private partnership (P3) delivery model, the first in MTA history to use this model, which officials said requires the developer to finance a portion of the project with equity, which is only repaid if the project is built and maintained to MTA standards.