![]() Their role in keeping the system inaccessible is undeniable. What’s worse, to avoid these improvements, the MTA regularly seeks compliance waivers for the Americans with Disabilities Act. The MTA has routinely funded new items in recent years like platform multimedia screens, station artwork, and other comparatively unnecessary expenses without addressing long overdue accessibility improvements. The MTA’s spending priorities illustrate why we can’t trust that they’re prepared to meaningfully address accessibility. How, exactly, are we supposed to get around under this new plan? Overall, barely 25 percent of the system citywide is “accessible.” And this is the system the MTA is telling disabled New Yorkers to rely on as an alternative to driving or taking a for-hire vehicle. While we saw the first fully accessible subway line opened with the Q-train, as well as elevators and other accessibility tools, hundreds of stations across the five boroughs remain inaccessible. For over a year following my 2013 subway accident, I was unable to take the subway or any form of public transportation due to the fact that stations and buses near my apartment, office, doctors, and all other aspects of daily life were inaccessible.Īlmost 10 years later, little has changed. The problem is twofold: the new plan attempts to prevent the use of cars-a method of transportation that disabled New Yorkers, like me, rely on every day-but fails to invest in or even offer reliable, viable alternatives. Going into effect as soon as 2023, the plan touts more than $1 billion in revenue but continues to build upon the MTA’s legacy of allowing the needs of disabled New Yorkers to continually fall further down their list of priorities. In its current form, the state’s congestion pricing plan falls short of meaningfully addressing impacts on New York’s disabled community-a community the MTA has neglected for decades. Add your voice today!Ĭongestion pricing is missing a critical opportunity to do right by a community long overlooked by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA): disabled New Yorkers. ![]() “In its current form, the state’s congestion pricing plan falls short of meaningfully addressing impacts on New York’s disabled community-a community the MTA has neglected for decades.”Ĭity Limits / Adi TalwarWest 33nd Street near 6th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.ĬityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits.
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