Some photos taken during the renovation showed elevators being installed. Are they finished and open to the public now that the renovation is complete?
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Kamen Rider wrote:There is no expemption, The MTA is operating within the graps of the rules. A facilty may remain non ADA if it was opened prior to the passing of the act and if it has not receved a major renovation since. When a station is renovated, ADA equpment is installed.Not actually true. The subway system has to convert a list of "key stations", which are agreed with the federal government and various parities to old lawsuits, by a date certain. The *rest* of the stations have the "major renovation" rules.
M&Eman wrote:As Mayor Bloomberg put it, "it would be more cost effective to maintain a private bus fleet to take disabled passengers wherever they wanted in the city 24/7 than make the Subway ADA Accessible."He was just plain wrong, of course. As of now they *have to* maintain a private bus fleet to take disabled passengers whereever they want in the city 24/7 (paratransit).
neroden wrote:it's hard to find because it doesn't exist. and operating Acess-A-ride is cheaper then building thousands of elivators all over the place.Kamen Rider wrote:There is no expemption, The MTA is operating within the graps of the rules. A facilty may remain non ADA if it was opened prior to the passing of the act and if it has not receved a major renovation since. When a station is renovated, ADA equpment is installed.Not actually true. The subway system has to convert a list of "key stations", which are agreed with the federal government and various parities to old lawsuits, by a date certain. The *rest* of the stations have the "major renovation" rules.
The "key stations" list appears to be *very* hard to find, and the list of stations getting renovations is non-existent.
fishmech wrote:Best case scenario would be MTA implementing those wheelchair lifts that attach to special handrails and act like open elevators that go diagonally up and down existing stairs. And that'd only be in a few stations.People also don't use Access-a-ride buses as bathrooms, and they don't smell like crayons, and if they breakdown, under normal surcumstances, the fire department need not be called.
Kamen Rider wrote:it's hard to find because it doesn't exist. and operating Acess-A-ride is cheaper then building thousands of elivators all over the place.You apparently know nothing about transit law. Yes, there is a key stations list. Stop spreading lies.
• NYCT, out of 468 stations, has 67 key subway stations which have been made accessible. Another 33 must be made accessible by 2020.Emphasis mine.