What you should know
- New York City subway passengers will find another station with new yellow barriers installed to avoid and prevent falls on the train tracks.
- During Sunday night, barriers were installed at the Clark Street station in Brooklyn. This new installation follows last week’s installation at the 191 Street Station en Washington Heights.
- The Washington Heights station was the first of four destined for the pilot program, followed by the station Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights. There are also plans to install them at the West 8-NY Aquarium station in Coney Island. A fourth location has yet to be determined.
NEW YORK — New York City subway passengers will find another station with new yellow barriers installed to avoid and prevent falls on the train tracks.
During Sunday night, barriers were installed at the Clark Street station in Brooklyn.
This new installation follows last week’s installation at the 191 Street Station in Washington Heights, courtesy of New York City Transit, offering a layer of protection for Line 1 train passengers.
The barriers are part of a new safety pilot program that will have these protective barriers in four subway stations. So far, there are only two stations with the measures in place.
“It is still in an experimental phase and we will be watching closely to determine if the barriers are effective in deterring intrusions on the roads without interfering with passenger movement. If they pass the test, we will be ready to implement them widely,” said the president and MTA CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement.
The Washington Heights station was the first of four destined for the pilot program, followed by the station Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights. There are also plans to install them at the West 8-NY Aquarium station in Coney Island. A fourth location has yet to be determined.
The MTA said the new barriers, funded with existing maintenance resources, arose from a working group that focused on preventing track trespassing.
Those barriers are strategically spaced apart so as not to block the subway car doors when passengers need to get on or off the train.
How warmly advocates welcome the new barriers remains to be seen. The pilot comes on the heels of another new gateway program.
Much attention was paid to the new high-tech sensor gates installed at four MTA transit centers in recent weeks, as riders found ways to avoid paying by “piggybacking” and skipping fares.
That pilot came months after a special panel found that the MTA lost $500 million to fare evaders in 2021 and $690 million in 2022. A 38% increase.
2024-01-29 18:07:30
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