Gothamist: MTA And NYC Want Private Developers To Install More Subway Elevators
In an effort to increase accessibility in the subway system, the MTA and the city are teaming up to encourage developers of new sites to build more elevators near subway stations. The city wants to ...
New York Daily News: MTA unveils new elevator at Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s store, latest in accessibility push
MTA officials unveiled a new elevator Wednesday at the Hoyt St. stop of the No. 2 and No. 3 trains in Downtown Brooklyn — the latest of 67 accessibility upgrades under the agency’s 2020-2024 capital ...
MTA unveils new elevator at Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s store, latest in accessibility push
CBS News: Advocates for disabled send message to Gov. Hochul, MTA: Fix broken elevators at subway stations
NEW YORK-- Advocates for the disabled and elected officials are demanding Gov. Kathy Hochul improve crucial subway elevators. It comes as the MTA held its monthly board meeting on Wednesday. They ...
Advocates for disabled send message to Gov. Hochul, MTA: Fix broken elevators at subway stations
The Brooklyn Paper: MTA reopens Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College elevator, work starts on Church Ave lift
MTA reopens Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College elevator, work starts on Church Ave lift
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Millions of commuters take the trains every day. But trips can get stopped in their tracks when escalators or elevators aren’t operating. The MTA has revamped the process for ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The MTA has identified the first 43 subway stations that will get new elevators as part of its 2025-2026 Capital Plan. The MTA’s budget for the next five years includes funding ...
AOL: MTA spent 8 years and over $3M fighting broken-elevator case — rather than fix them: ‘Disgrace’
The New York subway system is saddled with more than three dozen chronically broken elevators, but the MTA would rather fight activists suing to get them fixed than use the money to repair them, ...
MTA spent 8 years and over $3M fighting broken-elevator case — rather than fix them: ‘Disgrace’
The Brooklyn Paper: MTA unveils new elevators at Sheepshead Bay subway station
The MTA this month finished installation of two new elevators at the Sheepshead Bay subway station, making it finally fully accessible for all riders. Officials unveiled new lifts between the street ...
New York Daily News: MTA opens 3 new subway elevators at 14th St. station for F, M lines
The MTA unveiled three new elevators at the W. 14th St. subway station for the F, M and L trains Thursday, part of a larger package of improvements meant to increase accessibility at that station and ...
MTA opens 3 new subway elevators at 14th St. station for F, M lines
The brand-new elevators at the Clark Street stop are up to the old lifts’ tricks — leaving riders trapped inside just months after the MTA closed the Brooklyn Heights station for half a year as part ...
pix11: Transit union and MTA debate future of elevator operators at Uptown subway stations
Transit union and MTA debate future of elevator operators at Uptown subway stations
Spectrum News NY1: MTA unveils new 14th Street elevators despite congestion pricing pause
The MTA on Thursday unveiled three new elevators at the 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station in Manhattan as part of a project to improve accessibility at the transit stop. The elevators will ...
Gothamist: MTA workers challenge plan to reassign elevator operators in Washington Heights subway stations
An MTA plan to reassign 19 elevator operators at stations in Washington Heights poses a safety risk to riders with disabilities, a new lawsuit argued on Thursday. The elevator operator jobs at four ...
MTA workers challenge plan to reassign elevator operators in Washington Heights subway stations
Columbia Daily Spectator: MTA releases proposed Capital Plan without plans for elevator at 125th Street and Broadway station
State Sen. Cordell Cleare, chair of the committee on aging, wrote a letter in August calling on MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber to include plans for implementing an elevator at the 125th Street and ...
MTA releases proposed Capital Plan without plans for elevator at 125th Street and Broadway station
MSN: MTA spent 8 years and over $3M fighting broken-elevator case — rather than fix them: ‘Disgrace’
WPIX New York City, NY on MSN: MTA upgrades elevators, escalators at four NYC subway stations
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Commuters can expect a smoother ride at these four subway stations. Four stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn have newly renovated elevators and escalators, the MTA announced ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: MTA Looks to Ramp Up Subway Accessibility With Fewer Costly Elevators
As the MTA looks to increase accessibility in the subway system, top transit officials say pricey elevators are not the only way to open more stations to riders with disabilities. Many are inclined ...
New York Daily News: MTA builds more elevators, ramps at NYC subway stations; more money needed, says report
More elevators and ramps are being built in the subway system, but the MTA needs more money to make the system even more accessible, says a report issued Tuesday. “Sustaining this momentum is ...
MTA builds more elevators, ramps at NYC subway stations; more money needed, says report
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Elevators can make or break the commute for some New Yorkers. The pause in congestion pricing has put some accessibility projects on hold. The MTA held a groundbreaking on Monday in ...
New York Daily News: Subway elevators and escalators operated by MTA contractors break down more frequently
Subway elevators and escalators maintained by outside contractors are less reliable than those serviced by the MTA itself, a new study funds. The report, which surveyed accessibility at subway ...
Subway elevators and escalators operated by MTA contractors break down more frequently
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: MTA expects to finish 59th Street elevators by October
The MTA board will vote this week to speed up the installation of elevators at the 59th Street subway station. This will put the project on track for completion in October, nearly a year ahead of ...