In the New York subway, barriers are being installed on the platforms: they must protect passengers from attacks

New security measures in the form of barrier doors on the platform will soon appear at three metro stations in the city. On Feb. 23, the MTA said it would be part of a pilot program to keep people from being pushed off the platform. CBS2.

Soon stop number 7 on Times Square will look different. Barriers will be added to prevent anyone from getting on the tracks.

“We are going to test the doors on the platforms of three stations where the equipment works. It doesn't work in many places," MTA chairman Janno Lieber said.

“Installing doors on the subway platform where possible is a smart move. So we can make the subway safer. I support the MTA in reviewing this decision, and my administration will work with them to evaluate their effectiveness and expand where needed,” New York Mayor Eric Adams added.

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Lieber said the program will also operate on Line L at Third Avenue Station and Line E at Sutfin Boulevard. The changes come amid growing security concerns.

Installing doors will take time

Lieber said last month that the program could only work on 40 out of 472 stations. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine says it is long past time for such a decision to be made.

“We can start right now at those plants where design is easier and test the technology, learn from it, innovate and move on,” Levin said.

The MTA says it is implementing this plan right now because too many people have been jumping onto the tracks or, in some rare cases, their pushed down.

One such rare incident occurred last month when a homeless man fatally pushed 40-year-old Michelle Goh onto the tracks in Times Square.

Passengers on the Times Square subway said they liked the idea and thought it was timely.

"It's easy on the subway. unsafeunderstand?" one of the passengers said.

“That sounds like a good idea, because then there is no rail access at all for everyone, for people who want to jump,” said another.

Meanwhile, the MTA says it will implement another new program aimed at pinpointing when someone is on the tracks.

“We are also going to try out new technologies for track intrusion detection, using thermal technology, using laser technology, so that we can know more quickly when people hit the railroad tracks and hopefully stop this behavior,” Lieber said.

He believes that the key to keeping the city alive is to ensure that people feel safe.