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Elevators Not Part of LIRR Accessibility Project
Contrary to what many community members had long believed, elevators are not part of accessibility upgrades at the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Forest Hills station in Queens, NY, the...
Modern Elevator Part of Team for Bronx Station ADA Upgrade
Modern Elevator installed and will maintain two new elevators at the E 149 Street subway station in the southeast Bronx, NY, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD. Modern...
Judge Keeps NY Elevator Operators in Place With Order
New York State Acting Supreme Court Justice J. Machelle Sweeting signed an order on August 4 keeping NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) elevator operators on the job inside three Washington...
NYC MTA Opens Three Elevators in Seven Days
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently opened new elevators, expanding access for riders by making the stations fully accessible. The MTA unveiled a brand-new elevator on the southbound platform...
MTA Supervisor Fired for Flying to Florida During Work
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) general superintendent responsible for overseeing elevator inspections and maintenance from 14th Street in Manhattan to the Bronx was fired after it was discovered that he...
NYC MTA Plans To Reassign Elevator Operators at Deep Manhattan Stations
NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plans to reassign two dozen operators of elevators at five of the subway’s deepest stations in upper Manhattan, a move met by outrage from the...
Brooklyn Subway Station Modernization With Elevators Wins Award
The modernization of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Livonia Avenue Station on the Canarsie subway line in Brooklyn, NY, was named the 2022 Project of the Year in the US$10...
MTA Seeking Insight on Urine Detection Systems
NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a request in April for information from companies that have successfully installed elevator car urine detection systems in large transit systems, airports or institutions,...
Elevators, Escalators and More Coming to Busy Brooklyn Transit Complex
Located in an area nicknamed "the dungeon" because it's arguably the darkest part of District 37 in Brooklyn, NY, according to City Council Member Sandy Nurse, the busy Broadway Junction...
Elevator Work Progressing at Staten Island Railway Station
Accessibility upgrades coming to the New Dorp station of the Staten Island Railway (SIR) are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023 with elevators online by the...
