New Subway Fare Gates and Platform Barriers Fail to Impress …
Jan 30, 2024 · Transit leaders have said they will put more robust platform barriers, known as platform screen doors, in a handful of stations, but have also cautioned that some platforms are too narrow...
MTA just added barriers on 10 subway platforms - Time Out
Aug 30, 2024 · According to Gothamist, the MTA has installed 4-foot-tall metal barriers at 10 subway station platforms—half of which are on the L line.
MTA will install metal barriers on subway platforms in 2025
1 day ago · The MTA is piloting the metal barriers as a quicker, cheaper way to help travelers feel less vulnerable on platforms as transit officials explore more robust, and costly, platform doors.
MTA installs platform barriers at 10 subway stations to ... - Gothamist
Aug 29, 2024 · The MTA has installed new metal barriers on subway platforms in Brooklyn and Manhattan since the start of 2024 — and transit officials said they plan to add even more by the end of the year. The...
MTA installs platform barriers to improve passenger safety
Jan 22, 2024 · 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...
Here's A First Look At The MTA's New Subway Platform Barriers
Jan 22, 2024 · After the MTA released a track trespassing task force report on track intrusion and solutions nearly two years ago, the MTA has installed the subway’s first platform barriers at the 191 St Station. The effort is all part of the MTA’s new safety pilot program.
New MTA Platform Barriers Installed at 191st Street - Curbed
Jan 22, 2024 · New York’s prototype for a subway-platform barrier, at 191st Street, is a steel fence. It’s nothing like the high-tech ones elsewhere in the world —but it’s cheap, quick to install, and easy...
Protective platform barriers coming to 3 subway stations - NY1
Jun 5, 2023 · 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...
MTA installs barriers to protect customers in pilot program - NY1
Jan 21, 2024 · When the train rolls in at the 191st Street subway station in Washington Heights, riders will now have a little more protection. MTA crews installed several yellow platform barriers there...
New York to try platform barriers at three stations - Trains
Feb 24, 2022 · NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will test platform barriers at three subway stations — including parts of its busy Times Square station — after incidents including one that saw a woman killed when she was shoved in front of an oncoming train.