Here's A First Look At The MTA's New Subway Platform Barriers - Secret NYC
Jan 22, 2024 · After the MTA released a track trespassing task force report on track intrusion and solutions nearly two years ago, the MTA has installed the subway’s first platform barriers at the 191 St Station. The effort is all part of the MTA’s new safety pilot program.
MTA Installs Platform Barriers at 191 St 1 Station
Jan 21, 2024 · The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that MTA New York City Transit has installed barriers at the edge of the platform at the 191 St Station as part of a platform safety pilot program.
New MTA Platform Barriers Installed at 191st Street - Curbed
Jan 22, 2024 · New York’s prototype for a subway-platform barrier, at 191st Street, is a steel fence. It’s nothing like the high-tech ones elsewhere in the world —but it’s cheap, quick to install, and...
Barriers coming to NYC subway platforms in 2025, Hochul says
Jan 11, 2025 · NEW YORK (PIX11) – Barriers will be installed on platforms at subway stations in New York City starting in 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The barriers will be installed as a safety measure...
Safety Barriers Coming to MTA Subway Platforms - amNewYork
Jan 21, 2024 · The MTA is installing barriers on subway platforms at select stations to prevent falls onto the tracks. Learn about this pilot program and its impact on traveler safety.
MTA Backtracks on Platform Doors, $100M Plans Set for ... - thecity.nyc
Feb 24, 2022 · Facing a surge in the number of people trespassing on the tracks — and weeks after a woman was pushed to her death in front of a train — the MTA is opening the door to testing platform barriers in three subway stations.
MTA moves forward with plans to install platform doors in three subway …
Jun 5, 2023 · NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA is moving ahead with construction on a new pilot program that is aimed to make the subways much safer. This plan is all part of a $100 million project to install...
MTA installs platform barriers to improve passenger safety
Jan 22, 2024 · In New York, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed platform barriers at the 191st Street Station (1 Train) in Manhattan, the first of their kind in the city. The...
MTA tests subway platform safety barriers in Manhattan, Brooklyn
Jan 22, 2024 · Subway riders in Washington Heights are getting a look at an MTA idea to help keep them from falling to subway tracks. At the W. 191st St. station on the No. 1 line, NYC Transit installed...
The MTA just installed platform barriers at one subway station
Jan 22, 2024 · Over the weekend, the MTA installed barriers at the edge of the subway platform on 191 Street station in Washington Heights, which services the 1 train, as part of a larger effort to increase...