MTA barriers seen at the 191st street station in Manhattan
Since January, just 10 subway stations have received metal barriers designed to prevent deadly falls and shoves onto the tracks, officials confirmed to The Post.
MTA officials eyed full-sized platform doors, but argued they could only feasibly be installed in a fraction of the subway system’s 472 stations — and wouldat 191st Street station were deemed a low-cost, first-step solution as compared to the bigger gates being long-slated to be tested for $100 million atAn MTA spokeswoman didn’t have a price for the smaller barrier test.
The remaining railings are in the Fifth Avenue 7 line station, the 57th Street F station, the 191st Street 1 line station and Clark Street 2 and 3 line station, officials said. “I don’t fear being shoved as much as I worry about someone attacking myself or a neighbor on an empty platform, dark street, stairwell, or anywhere that is hidden from view and easily accessible to people who want to hurt others,” she said. “Men follow me at night, sometimes starting in subway stations. That is a real, repeating danger.East Village denizen Erin Hussey, 29, had mixed feelings about the railings’ effectiveness, especially when it came for people with mental health issues.
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