The Mighty
On Tuesday, April 25, two class action lawsuits were filed against New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), accusing it of systematically excluding people with disabilities due to a lack of accessible subway stations.
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Time Out New York
New York’s subway system is one of the most robust in the world. It provides nearly 1.8 billion rides every year, giving the city the highest rate of public transportation usage out of any metropolitan area in the United States.
The New York Times
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority discriminates against people with disabilities because of its widespread lack of elevators and electric lifts in the subway system, rendering it significantly more inaccessible than other cities with large public transportation systems, according to two lawsuits filed on Tuesday.
NY1
There are 472 subway stations in the city, but not even a quarter of them are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram
Long Beach will be required to spend roughly $200 million over three decades to bring its curbs and sidewalks into compliance with Americans With Disability Act mandates, attorneys announced this week.
The New York Times
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, a New Yorker who now uses a wheelchair, describes the challenges of having to navigate the city’s subway stations that do not have the proper modifications for people with disabilities.
Pleasanton Patch
EAST BAY, CA – BART officials responded to a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by disabled transit riders Wednesday by saying they share the passengers’ concerns and are trying to work on the problems.
ABC 7 News
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — A class action lawsuit has been filed against BART by people with disabilities who are alleging that filthy elevators and broken escalators amount to discrimination.
SFist
A lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court yesterday points out what any BART rider already knows: Elevators and escalators on the regional transit system are chronically broken or unusably filthy.
Curbed San Francisco
BART’s reliably unreliable escalators constantly frustrate commuters with frequent breakdowns and long repair times. Now two local groups have sued the transit agency, claiming that the condition of escalators and elevators discriminates against the disabled.