Accessibility
California Park Gets Elevator For Accessibility
School Park Preserve in downtown Auburn, California, is receiving some updates, including an elevator, which will be used to help people reach the top of the park where the pickleball...
2024 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced
Congratulations to the 2024 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on-stage on September 25 at NAEC's 2024 United Convention. Winners were presented their custom Ellies trophies, and...
Elevator Project To Make Western Wall More Accessible
A long-awaited project is underway to make the site at the Western Wall —adjacent to Judaism’s most sacred site, the Temple Mount — more accessible with a much-need elevator, The Washington...
U.K. Railway Station Sees Lift Repair Complete
Passengers using Bradford Forster Square station in Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., are now once again able to make use of the station’s lift, Rail Advent reports. The lift was deemed...
U.K.’S Network Rail Announces Multi-Million-Pound Escalator Upgrade
The U.K.’s Network Rail is investing GBP12.5 million (US$15.9 million) to replace 14 escalators at four stations across the Merseyrail network over the next three years, RailUK reports. The escalators...
Fujitec Receives Order for 138 Escalators for Shenyang Subway
Fujitec Co., Ltd. announced on August 6 it received an order through its Chinese subsidiary, Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Co., Ltd., to supply 138 escalators for Metro Line 3 in Shenyang,...
Modern Elevator Providing Three Elevators at Key Brooklyn MTA Station
Modern Elevator, which has a location in Carlstadt, New Jersey, is providing three new elevators at the Classon Avenue Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway station in Brooklyn, NY, the NYC...
Toronto Tower Proposal Gets Taller Following MTSA Designation
Following the Canadian province of Ontario establishing so-called Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs), a plan for a residential tower at 2810 Bayview Avenue in Toronto has evolved from a previous...
Overhaul of Eastern Hyderabad, India, Station Includes New VT
A massive overhaul of South Central Railway's (SCR) Cherlapally station in eastern Hyderabad, India, includes new vertical-transportation (VT) equipment, specifically, seven lifts and six escalators serving all nine platforms, The...
Texas Airport Launches Escalator Safety Campaign
The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport has launched a new safety campaign to reduce preventable escalator accidents that can cause injuries, disrupt travel plans and take equipment out of service,...
