About one in fifteen New Yorkers experiences an ambulatory disability, yet the New York subway system remains greatly inaccessible. In this New York Times article, wheelchair users in the city share the challenges they face in their day-to-day commutes due to the lack of accessible subway stations.
The M.T.A. has promised to “to add elevators and ramps to 95 percent of stations by 2055”. However, only 27% of 472 stations are currently “considered accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act.” To make matters even more uncertain, the M.T.A. has no concrete timeline for completing constructions to achieve this target, “M.T.A. officials said the authority was working as fast as it could without drastically interrupting service for millions of riders.”