Accessibility
Two High-Speed Elevators for Historic Theater in Buffalo
Two high-speed, six-stop elevators are coming to the historic Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Rising reports. Aimed at improving accessibility, the units will be part of...
Six New Escalators Part of US$4.2 Million N.C. Airport Investment
Six new escalators to replace units that are approximately 40 years old are part of millions of U.S. dollars in upgrades underway at the Piedmont International Airport in Guilford County,...
Belgian Train Station Passengers Deal With VT Malfunctions
Malfunctioning vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including lifts and escalators at Belgian train stations create issues for those with mobility issues, with 1,119 malfunctions reported in 2021, The Brussels Times reports. It...
Busy Southern India Rail Station Getting Lifts, Escalators
Tiruchirappalli Railway Junction in southern India is getting six lifts and six escalators, promising to ease traffic flow at a station that has seen traffic increase considerably in the wake...
MTA Commits to Make 95% of Subway Stations Accessible Over 40 Years
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials announced on June 23 a decades-long commitment to make 95% of NYC’s subway system accessible to users with disabilities, according to a report from Daily...
West Virginia County Seeks Funds for Courthouse Elevator Overhaul
The grants director for Harrison County, West Virginia, has applied for a US$100,000 West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund grant to help replace the aging, problematic elevator system at the...
Marine Innovations Names Wimmer Sales Manager
Marine Innovations, Inc., the Frazee, Minnesota-based manufacturer of trams and inclined elevators, has named Matthew Wimmer sales manager for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. Wimmer's background includes real estate sales and...
Man Dies After Falling Down Gatwick Airport Escalator
A male airline passenger with restricted mobility (PRM) died after falling down an escalator at Gatwick Airport near London on June 15, and an investigation is underway, Independent reports. He...
Contentious Subway Elevator Plan Moves Forward in NYC
Despite a June 14 protest by opponents of Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) construction of a new street-level elevator for the 68th Street-Hunter College subway station on NYC’s Upper East Side...
Two Elevators Among Accessibility Upgrades at Chicago Transit Station
Two elevators serving both platforms of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)’s California Blue Line station at Logan Square are part of a plan for US$36 million in accessibility upgrades that...
