Activists Rally for Congestion Pricing to “Save Our Elevators”
October 20, 2021Disability Justice, Environmental Justice, MTA, News
On October 13, NYLPI joined State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Riders Alliance, Tri-State Transportation, Rise and Resist NYC, community members and other transit and disability advocates for a rally to Save Our Elevators!
The rally emphasized the current inaccessibility of the MTA and the urgent need to implement Congestion Pricing to fund improvements to infrastructure and disability access, as outlined by the MTA’s Capital Plan.
Christopher Schuyler, Senior Staff Attorney at NYLPI, detailed the ways in which MTA stations fail to provide equal access to people with disabilities:
“The Plan’s proposal to make 70 stations accessible, and make improvements to 175 other stations, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, is long overdue. The subway system is inaccessible to scores of people with disabilities. Less than 30% of stations have elevators. Those that do are often out of service.”
Read Schuyler’s full comments on our website. Watch the Facebook Livestream of the rally here.
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