October 2012
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September 2012
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“There is not ONE single member of the MTA board who uses a wheelchair. Not one....”
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August 2012
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Two Faced MTA Tells Wheelchair Community One Thing...
It was on the 13th of August. I was trying to go home from the DeKalb subway station in downtown Brooklyn. Now, for those who follow this tumblr, you know that getting stuck and/or lacking access to a subway car (in a wheelchair accessible station) is a risk you take every time you take the subway when you’re a customer in a wheelchair. Yes, even when you board within the designated...
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“It’s breaking the law,” Coleman says. “This is a situation they know about, and...”
– a quote from The Brooklyn Daily Interview This campaign is starting to get some media coverage, which will hopefully raise public awareness, give the MTA some bad PR and put pressure on them to deal with situation and make it safer for their customers in wheelchairs (which is all I want from this.)...
July 2012
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Russian Roulette Pt 2: Ramps In The Suburbs (But...
A reporter brought this page to my attention. It is a page off of the MTA website for the LIRR (Long Island Railroad.) To be honest, since I never travel to Long Island, I didn’t know it existed. However, I do have some friends who travel on the LIRR and they have confirmed that this is true. They have seen this with their own eyes. Apparently, the MTA is quite aware of the gap issue with...
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Subway Cars & Platforms are not created equal.
I mentioned in a previous post how the gap between the platform and the subway car, and the height of the ledge (the metal piece that sticks out by the subway car doors that minimizes the gap) can vary. If you are walking, you may or may not notice this, but if you are in a wheelchair, it can make the difference between safety & danger, accessible and not accessible (even if a station is...
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The Mind The Gap Campaign Petition →
Please sign and share this petition with everyone you know. It will be sent to Joseph Lhota, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the MTA. Let him know that you stand with corporate accountability! That you stand for safety! That you stand with people in wheelchairs, who just want the stations and platforms that are listed on the MTA website as wheelchair accessible, to BE consistently...
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Russian Roulette : A Story of MTA Subway Systems...
It all began when I got word that the MTA was making the Kings Highway subway stop on the Q & B line, wheelchair accessible. I was thrilled! Finally, I would be able to use the NYC subway system! A whole new world of options has been opened up to me. As you may or may not know, not every NYC subway station is wheelchair accessible. There are currently 73* wheelchair accessible subway stations...
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