{"id":93148,"date":"2025-07-26T04:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/93148\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T04:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T04:13:42","slug":"nyc-subway-to-install-platform-barriers-at-100-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/93148\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Subway to Install Platform Barriers at 100+ Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve noticed sleek new barriers<\/a> popping up on some subway platforms, you’re not imagining things\u2014and they\u2019re about to get a whole lot more common. The MTA is barreling ahead with plans to install protective platform edge barriers at more than 100 stations by the end of 2025, part of a broader safety upgrade that includes brighter LED lighting and a sprawling security camera rollout.<\/p>\n

So far, 56 stations have received the new guardrails, and the MTA says it\u2019s on track to double that figure before the year\u2019s out. These partial-height barriers are designed to prevent riders from accidentally falling (or being pushed) onto the tracks\u2014a concern voiced by 59-percent of recent survey respondents and a whopping 88-percent of seniors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re making investments to ensure that our system not only is safe but\u2014equally important\u2014feels safe to riders,\u201d said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. \u201cWith new platform barriers, MTA\u2019s thousands of new security cameras, increased deployments from the NYPD, and 10% less crime before COVID, it\u2019s no wonder customer satisfaction has risen dramatically this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Governor Kathy Hochul, who first announced the initiative in her 2025 State of the State address<\/a>, said safety will \u201calways be [her] number one priority.\u201d In addition to the barriers, 342 stations have already been upgraded with new LED lights, with the rest scheduled by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

The MTA is leaning on its own in-house labor to manufacture and install the barriers\u2014cutting costs and speeding up the rollout. Eligible stations were selected based on ridership, layout feasibility, and the presence of island platforms, with focus on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, F, M and L lines.<\/p>\n

You can already spot barriers at spots like Wall Street, Grand Central (7), Clark Street, Astor Place, Bedford Avenue and Flushing\u2013Main Street. Want to see if your station made the list? You can check here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assemblymember Alex Bores called the barriers \u201clifesaving tools,\u201d noting they make people feel safer\u2014and feeling safer encourages more riders to use the system, which in turn makes it safer overall. It\u2019s a virtuous cycle, sealed with steel and Plexiglas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve noticed sleek new barriers popping up on some subway platforms, you’re not imagining things\u2014and they\u2019re about…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":93149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,11234,405,403,11235,5226,5225,5228,5227,1164,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-93148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-travel","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-transport-travel","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-travel","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114917592491542139","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}