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 #735994  by Passenger
 
Kamen Rider wrote:.. besides, the ADA is unconstitional.
Does that argument hold when the one who must comply is a public agency?
 #736082  by Kamen Rider
 
yes, the 14th amemdement clearly states that the government can't place one group of citizens above another. ADA puts disabled people on a pedistal.
 #827105  by neroden
 
I finally found the key stations list, though only thanks to some individual scanning it.

http://www.nyctransportationaccess.com/ ... -list.html

It's a weird list.

Of course other stations undergoing new construction or major overhaul will become accessible (separately from the key station requirement), but this provides the list of stations "in the works" for 2020.
 #830980  by Tony Clifton
 
ADA accessible stations are made that way as long as there is money in the MTA budget for it. If you look at the MTA committee meeting materials, you might be able to find information about ADA accessibility.
 #1471887  by Jeff Smith
 
Elevators going in: TimesLedger.com

Let's keep the back and forth bickering to a minimum going forward, please?

Brief, fair-use:
Elevators coming to three Queens subway stations

The MTA board approved an amendment to the 2015-2019 capital plan to make 17 stations, including three in Queens, Americans with Disabilities Act compliant by installing elevators as well as redesigning stairwells and mezzanines to help the flow of people during busy hours.

About $200 million will go toward elevators and other ADA accessible improvements to the Astoria Boulevard station on N/W lines, Court Square to the G line and the Woodhaven Boulevard stop on the J line.
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The Astoria Boulevard station will have four elevators installed with two rising from the street to the elevated mezzanine and two more taking riders from the mezzanine up to the platforms.

The station will be closed in February 2019 for nine months as reconstruction brings improvements to the station along with the elevators.
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The 2015-2019 capital plan already includes $400 million to replace 69 existing elevators and escalators, though the MTA did not confirm before press time whether the escalator at the Woodside-61st Street station which has been closed for extended periods of time for repeated repairs in the past year would be included.
 #1549505  by Jeff Smith
 
MTA adds elevators at Astoria Boulevard: qchron.com
New York City Transit on Monday morning unveiled the long-awaited elevators at the Astoria Boulevard elevated subway station that serves the N and W lines.

Astoria Boulevard, opened in 1917, is the 117th station to be made accessible out of 472 under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the 20th in Queens.

And while interim NYC Transit President Sarah Feinberg said in Astoria that the total would be up to 120 in the coming weeks, its far more ambitious plan of adding 70 in the next five years could be imperiled by billions of dollars’ worth of COVID-19-related financial losses — and great uncertainty over what Congress will do to help devastated mass transit systems across the country.
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The R line station at 86th Street in Brooklyn is expected to become accessible this week, with two L train stations, Brooklyn’s Bedford Avenue and First Avenue in Manhattan, joining the roster in August.
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 #1617016  by Jeff Smith
 
https://www.amny.com/transit/going-up-m ... n-in-2023/
Going Up: MTA will start installing elevators at 15 more subway stations this year, 12 others to open in 2023

The MTA is lifting access for all riders by awarding new contracts this year to build elevators at 15 more subway stations — finally making those stops accessible for people with disabilities.
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BRONX

Van Cortlandt Park-242nd St (1)
BROOKLYN

New Lots Ave (3)
Classon Ave (G)
36th St (D/N/R)
Broadway Junction (A/C/J/Z/L)
MANHATTAN

Harlem-148th St (3)
96th St (B/C)
81st St (B/C)
86th St (4/5/6)
168th St (1)
QUEENS

46th St-Bliss St (7)
33rd St – Rawson St (7)
Broadway (N/W)
Court Square-23rd St (E/M)
STATEN ISLAND

Huguenot (SIR)
Next month, the MTA will issue “requests for quotes” (RFQ), querying contractors for price estimates to do the accessibility work at the stations. While work gets started on those stations, the MTA projects it will complete accessibility work at 11 other stations this year, including:

BRONX

Tremont Ave (B/D)
East 149th St (6)
BROOKLYN

Metropolitan Ave/Lorimer St (G/L)
Grand St (L)
7th Ave (F/G)
8th Ave (N) (southbound only)
MANHATTAN

Dyckman St (1) (northbound only)
181st St (A)
QUEENS

Court Square (G)
STATEN ISLAND

New Dorp (SIR)
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 #1618037  by Allan
 
Tremont Av has been a work in progress for some time (blue construction walls on the south end of both platforms.

Dyckman St is going to be interesting as the northbound platform is next to the down slope of a steep hill. The single staircase down is near the north end of the platform and there isn't much room in the control area at street level for an elevator - there was room on the opposite side for an elevator to the southbound platform. I wonder if they will do an elevator up to a bridge over both tracks to the southbound platform so the elevator there can be used to get to/from street.
 #1618056  by GirlOnTheTrain
 
They've made plenty of progress on Dyckman. The northbound elevator is going behind the booth by the staircase up to the platform.
 #1618062  by R36 Combine Coach
 
MTA has apparently stated a goal of 95% stations for ADA.

LIRR is already very high up in accessibility, all but a small handful are accessible.

But I'm most impressed by MBTA, being a prewar legacy network, has all heavy rail stations accessible and
most light rail stops too.