Why are many NYC subway entrances closed to passengers
'17.01.2020'
Source: ny.curbed.com
In 2015, New York had 119 subway entrances at 472 stations closed to passengers. Since then, only eight of them have been reopened. About this with reference to statement NYC inspector Scott Stringer reports edition Curbed.
This week, Scott Stringer sent a letter to Andy Byford, President of the New York Transit Authority, about which Gothamist was the first to write.
In a letter, he asked about the large number of closed entrances and the plans of the MTA to open them. Stringer also said that many entrances were closed back in the 1970s, when the metro system experienced a decrease in the number of passengers. Then they were closed in an attempt to save money, he noted.
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However, given that nearly six million people traveled daily in the metro last year, “it’s high time to go beyond this era and invest in a fairer and more affordable transit system,” Stringer said. Reopening closed entrances could help reduce congestion at stations where congestion has become a problem.
Advocacy group ACCESS recently discovered that approximately one million New Yorkers live or work closer to closed entrances than open ones. "This affects not only commuting times, but also economic opportunities," Alan Minor, the group's co-founder, said in November speaking in New York.
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