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Safety doors would be expensive and difficult additions to the sprawling, 108-year-old subway system, but some people are urging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to try it.
The MTA installed safety barriers at a Washington Heights subway station as part of a pilot program, although New Yorkers who ride the rails are skeptical about the whole idea.
The barriers are in the middle of San Francisco's Shotwell Street and instead of only stopping a flow of sex work at night, residents are saying these barriers are creating more chaos.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- With more people planning to use the subways after congestion pricing takes effect, there has been renewed talk of adding more safety measures like platform barriers. Assembly ...
Platform barriers will also be tried in Brooklyn. ... “Your safety is our highest priority, and we’re committed to reducing track intrusions and increasing safety,” the MTA wrote in a post on X.
Highways bosses have revealed plans to "phase out" cable safety barriers on the M65 with steel or concrete. The cable barriers on the motorway, between junctions 3 and 5, were installed when the ...