What you should know
- New York City subway passengers will find new yellow barriers installed at four stations to avoid and prevent falls on the train tracks. The barriers are part of a new safety pilot program.
- One of the stations that have these barriers on the platform is station 191. Street in Washington Heights, courtesy of New York City Transit.
- The barriers are spaced along the edge of the platform a few feet apart, offering a layer of protection for Line 1 train passengers.
NEW YORK — Passengers on the New York City subway will find new yellow barriers installed at four stations to avoid and prevent falls on the train tracks. The barriers are part of a new safety pilot program.
One of the stations that have these barriers on the platform is station 191. Street in Washington Heights, courtesy of New York City Transit.
The barriers are spaced along the edge of the platform a few feet apart, offering a layer of protection for Line 1 train passengers.
“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 is the first of four destined for the pilot program. Crews will install similar barriers at the station Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights and at the station West 8-NY Aquarium 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.
2024-01-22 16:32:07
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