MTA Announces 29 New Elevator Accessibility Upgrades for 2023 - 2024
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced a total of 29 stations will be getting accessibility upgrades in 2023 - 2024.
In 2023, the MTA intends to award ADA station upgrades at these stations:
Van Cortlandt Park-242 St -
Harlem-148 St
96 St
81 St
86 St
46 St-Bliss St
33 St-Rawson
Broadway
Court Sq-23 St
New Lots Av
Classon Av
36 St
Huguenot SIR
168 St
Broadway Junction (3 stations)
As construction continues at previously awarded stations, the MTA also projects that accessibility upgrades will open at 12 new stations in 2023. These stations are:
Dyckman St (Northbound)
Tremont Av
181 St
E 149 St
Court Square
Lorimer St
Grand St
Metropolitan Av
Beach 67 St
7 Av
New Dorp SIR
8 Av (SB)
Beach 67th St.
In the MTA’s press release dated February 23, 2023:
“We are determined to make the NYC Transit system fully accessible, not just for persons with disabilities, but also for seniors, for parents with children who are in strollers and travelers with luggage,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “That’s why we are doing station accessibility projects at four times the pace of previous MTA Capital Programs, and why we made an agreement with disability advocates that we won’t slow down until the system is truly accessible to everyone, once and for all.”
“We are upgrading accessibility throughout the system at an unprecedented pace,” said MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. “Our 2023 commitment targets are just the latest example of MTA C&D using tools like design-build and bundling to advance these critical projects better, faster, and cheaper.”
“More elevators and ramps, spread throughout the subway system creates a mass transit system that is open to everyone,” said MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo. “A large number of riders with disabilities, customers with children in strollers and visitors with luggage will benefit by being able to get to work, school and entertainment easily.”
For more information on the project : MTA Press Release