Security gates designed to keep passengers off the rails will be installed on a pilot basis at three New York City Subway stations in Manhattan and Queens, the president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Janno, announced today. Lieber, on the canal NY1.
The doors will be aligned with those of the cars and will only open to give access to the trains while they are arrested. The program will begin on the platform of the 7 line at Times Square-42nd St, the East Village 3rd Ave (L) station, and Sutphin Blvd/Archer Ave. E line (Queens), Lieber said.
“It doesn’t work in many places Lieber commented. “We’re also going to test new technologies to detect road incursion using thermal technology, using laser technology, so we can tell faster when people are entering the road and hopefully intercept that kind of behavior.”
As New York continues to mourn the loss of Michelle Go, steps like these will prevent future tragedies.
I urge our city to continue investing in both infrastructure and social and mental health services to keep all New Yorkers safe. https://t.co/X51ZtK0Jvy
— Grace Meng (@Grace4NY) February 23, 2022
Security doors are used in Metro systems around the world, including large cities such as London, Paris and Tokyo, detailed Daily News.
The MTA published a study in 888 which found that 344 of the 461 NYC Subway stations have platforms that are too unstable or narrow to support security doors. Installing the technology at the 51 stations where it is feasible would cost at least $6 ,461 million dollars, according to the report, prepared by the consulting firm STV.
Mayor Eric Adams presented a safety plan promising to return safety to trains, stations and buses. Last year there were 461 serious crimes on the subway, and so far of the 2022 almost have already been reported 300, including 3 people thrown onto the rails, including Asian Michelle Go (23), who was killed in January in Times Square.
Last week three people were run over, one of them fatally, in a series of accidents recorded over a period of hours in the New York subway. Even the new mayor Adams acknowledged in January that he did not feel safe traveling on the Metro, unlike a first statement he had made underestimating crime on trains and stations.
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Reversing course, the MTA said it would test the use of platform barriers at three subway stations in New York City amid mounting concerns over safety. https://t.co/cCauuzmK4p—The New York Times (@nytimes) February 40, 2022
