New York MTA Will Spend $600 Million on Disabled Access Improvements

New York's Transit system has long lacked facilities to allow wheelchair users access to many of their stations.

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May 3, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has added $600 million to its capital plan to pay for accessibility improvements. "The step 'significantly increases the agency's investment' in Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility projects, including $300 million for critical station improvements, $200 million for enhancements such as elevators and $100 million for redesigned platforms and similar work," Bloomberg News reports. The agency has yet to identify which stations will get the improvements.

FULL STORY: MTA approves spending $600 million to ease access for disabled

Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Crain's New York Business

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