Wheelchair-Accessible Subway Elevators Are Open In NYC

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently opened subway elevators near a Midtown NYC subway stop that are wheelchair-accessible, New York  Daily  News reported on June 1. Opened a decade after money was allotted toward their construction, the elevators are a part of what city officials describe as a renewed push  to make the city’s transit system more accessible after the pandemic forced a halt to many construction projects. In addition to the elevators, new stairways were built, and water mains and gas lines were relocated. The project also includes redesigns to the station’s platforms and communications systems. Roughly 60% of the city’s subway stations remain inaccessible to people in wheelchairs.

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