The three stations set to be outfitted with these gates include the 7 train at Times Square, the L train at 3rd Avenue and the E train at Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue in Queens.
The plan to move ahead on these platform doors was met with positive reactions from subway riders.There are 472 stations in the New York City Transit System, but just 128 where platform doors are feasible. On top of that, the cost is estimated at a whopping $6.5 to 7 billion dollars. That total is more than the cost to build the existed Second Avenue Subway.
More than three and half million people ride the subways every day. So far this year, according to the NYPD, three have been pushed onto the tracks. Given the cost to just install these doors in just a handful of stations, the question surrounding whether or not this is a solid solution remains unclear.
"Riders deserve and need a much better system than we have today," said Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance.The three stations that will be outfitted with these gates include the 7 train at Times Square as well as the L train at 3rd Avenue and the E train at Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue in Queens.
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