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Posted by JohnL on Wed Dec 13 13:22:33 2006, in response to Re: LIRR: Another GAP Fall...., posted by WillD on Sun Nov 5 18:06:06 2006. Most likely this glut of people for whom the steps of a trap are a nearly impossible impediment to riding a train will come sooner than we could effectively build high platforms for the entire NYC commuter system.Or never. The NEC is high platform and (just about?) all the stations are ADA compliant. However the problem comes when the trains have to use the express tracks and low-platform for whatever reason. Then the ADA complaince goes out of the window. I wonder if this is actually worse than not being ADA complaint, as it sets up an expectation that’s not going to be met. Someone with a movement disability gets on a train in New York and then discovers that, instead of being able to get off at New Brunswick say, they have to travel all the way to Trenton. |
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