The boundaries shall be put in at Occasions Sq. on the 7 line, Third Avenue on the L line and JFK Airport on the E line.
Christopher Sadowski
Subway platform boundaries shall be examined at three stations in Manhattan and Queens, MTA Chair Janno Lieber stated on Wednesday.
The brand new shove-preventing boundaries shall be put in at Occasions Sq. on the 7 line, Third Avenue on the L line and Sutphin Boulevard/JFK Airport on the finish of the E line, Lieber stated throughout an look on NY1.
Lieber and his workforce beforehand studied and dominated out platform doorways as a part of the MTA’s present capital enchancment plan. That modified after the January 15 homicide of Michelle Go, who was pushed onto the tracks within the Occasions Sq. station by a mentally ailing homeless man.
Along with the trial platform doorways, MTA officers are exploring utilizing thermal and laser expertise to detect monitor intrusions, Lieber advised NY1.
“It’s going to take some time. We’re going to place the cash collectively, which is a little bit difficult,” he stated. “However our purpose is to check out these applied sciences, at completely different locations within the system, together with three stations, making an attempt out platform doorways.”
Lieber advised NY1 the MTA would additionally collaborate with NYU Medical Heart “to determine tips on how to deter folks from, God forbid, committing suicide by leaping on tracks.”
Transit officers have thought of, then dominated out platform door upgrades on a number of events up to now.
A 2017 research discovered the fee for all 472 subway stations would exceed $7 billion.
Kara Gurl of the MTA’s Everlasting Residents Advisory Committee welcomed the three-station trial however questioned the rationale of putting in boundaries all over the place.
“Whereas we’re glad platform doorways are being examined, we don’t consider that is the reply system-wide, as it could imply platform reconstruction, doubtless non permanent closing of stations, and different points together with rolling inventory alignment,” Gurl stated.
Go’s homicide occurred throughout a month that noticed a slight bump in felonies on the subways in January in comparison with December, regardless of considerably decrease ridership due to the Omicron variant, in keeping with NYPD figures.
Mayor Eric Adams has pledged to ship groups of outreach employees and NYPD to establish mentally ailing and homeless individuals who must be eliminated from the subway system.
On Monday, the primary night time of the brand new initiative, outreach groups engaged simply 100 people within the subway system. Metropolis Corridor has not stated how many individuals really made it into shelters or have been linked to companies.
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