Last month, a woman died after she was pushed onto the tracks. New York City will pilot a program to install platform barriers at three subway stations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials ...
In the coming months, the MTA reportedly says construction of protective barriers will begin here, on the 7 train platform at the Times Square station. It’s one of three stations getting the barriers ...
Some are calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to install platform barrier doors, also known as platform screen doors, after a man allegedly pushed a woman onto the tracks Sunday ...
State lawmakers want subway officials to install fixed platform barriers or invest in high-tech gates at all 472 subway stations after a recent, high-profile attack where a man in Chelsea was shoved ...
The CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority said the city will conduct a pilot of platform doors at certain subway stations. Platform doors would create a barrier between riders and subway ...
In New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed platform barriers at the 191st Street Station (1 Train) in Manhattan, the first of their kind in the city. The barriers are ...
With even Mayor Eric Adams admitting that he has concerns about riding the subways, some advocates are calling on the MTA to consider using an option that is used in cities around the world. Platform ...
The new chair and CEO of the MTA said that while there are serious challenges when it comes to installing subway platform safety barriers, there are a number of stations where it would be feasible, ...
Companies with ideas for building high-tech barriers designed to keep New Yorkers from ending up on subway tracks have offered proposals for a pilot program to the MTA, agency officials said Thursday.