At the end of August, federal Judge George Daniels agreed to move forward with a class-action lawsuit challenging the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for failing to maintain subway elevators - a case that I, as a wheelchair user and lifelong New Yorker, helped bring to court more than seven years ago.
Accessibility is a must-have as cities compete to attract visitors and retain residents. Of course, accessible transit matters outside the disability community too.
Angela Glover-Blackwell referred to it as 'The Curb-Cut Effect' - programs for vulnerable groups often help much broader segments of society.
Unfortunately, the work of installing elevators in far more stations - and getting the elevators we already have working better - depends not only on surmounting legal obstacles but on getting over financial, logistical and bureaucratic hurdles.
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