Comments on: Handicapped riders navigate a limited subway system

By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Accessible transit, enlarged

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:13:20 +0000

[...] the urban life website whose handicapped-accessible subway map I wrote about on Friday, has [...]

By: Ed Ravin

Ed Ravin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:19:45 +0000

“… it is only as old stations undergo renovations that they must be made ADA-compliant. …”

Not quite true – if it costs too much money to create ADA-compliant facilities compared to the rest of the cost of the project, the agency can leave it out. This is why the Metro-North station at West 225th Street and Broadway was renovated a few years ago and did not receive an elevator or even a ramp.

By: n

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:03:39 +0000

Does anyone know much about the MTA’s access-a-ride? How does it, if at all, manage to make up for the system’s failure to accommodate special needs riders?

By: Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines

Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:07:30 +0000

[...] Minister Killed By Drunk Driver (News)Disabled Straphangers Have Limited Access to Subway System (2nd Ave Sagas)Fresh Direct Expands Brooklyn Service (Bklyn Eagle)How to Get a ‘No Honking’ Sign Installed (NYT) [...]

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:40:02 +0000

Quinn, in the past few years they’ve installed elevators between the IRT lines and the tunnel, I know, and maybe also between the BMT lines and the tunnel. Are these not usable by wheelchairs for some reason?

By: Quinn

Quinn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:31:47 +0000

Oh the connection between Times Sq 42 Street (7th Avenue & Broadway) & 8th Avenue 42nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal is nonexistent for physically handicapped people. It’s also hard for non disabled people to get through because walking underground through a small tube makes it seem longer than it is. Maybe had moving walkways? & Elevators or maybe a 40th Street Passage which is accessible.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:31:56 +0000

To be fair, they get wheeled-chairs then can roll them wherever they need to go. Don’t they know how tiring it is to walk everywhere? We abled people need public transportation much more then those lazy disableds.

(totally kidding)

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:09:08 +0000

yes this map is missing a bunch of stations, not to mention that by summertime Union Turnpike, 47-50th street, Columbus Circle and South Ferry just to name a few will be ADA Compliant. And one day, the Fulton Street Hub and all of Second Ave…

By: Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » View of the Subway for the Disabled

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:14:48 +0000

[...] stations. The map was created by the Smogr urblog earlier this year and rediscovered this week by 2nd Ave. Sagas. By on April 18, 2008, 4:14 am In category: Civil Rights, Transportation Recommend this entry [...]

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:11:51 +0000

Sadly, Smogr doesn’t have a bigger version of this one. There are a few stations missing in the Outer Boroughs on the small version. I guess I could make one when I have some time.