An app for deaf and hard of hearing users providing help for New York MTA riders
A new accessibility program based on an app for deaf and hard of hearing users is being tested on the New York MTA system. It will provide riders with instant access to a live sign language ...
New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters
It’s a classic New York experience. You’re riding the subway to work, and suddenly the train stops. The lights go off, and ...
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This Service Connects Public Transit Riders to Live ASL Interpreters
The pilot program kicks off with New York's MTA, through a partnership with an on-demand service called Convo.
Hochul plan to increase commitments of mentally ill raises specters of the past
The goal is to get the more of the mentally ill into psychiatric hospitals and outpatient care. However, some fear it is a ...
‘Subway surfing’ trend is killing NYC kids at a higher rate than ever — how the MTA can stop it
The NYPD reported that arrests of alleged subway surfers rose to 229 last year, up from 135 the year before. Most were boys, ...
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Sixth of a Series: What Does ‘Through-Running’ Mean in New York?
Throughout this series so far, I have looked at the concept of through-running as applied or envisioned in several different cities: Philadelphia, Toronto and Los Angeles. It was not applied in Boston ...
Disabled woman with service dog told to leave shop
Under the 2010 Equality Act it is illegal to refuse access to a disabled person with their assistance dog, except in ...
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Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program
The sprawling transit agency’s much talked about, multi-year, major-projects plan almost always takes a winding route to the finish line.
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Recent spate of NYC transit attacks has straphangers rattled — despite NYPD subway surge: ‘Just a way of life in New York now’
“I would like to ride a subway and be free — be free to roam around, be free to go to, you know, fun stuff in New York City. But if you ... among New Yorkers. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York ...