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On 2/7/2020 at 2:23 PM, Union Tpke said:

Thanks for the thanks everyone. However, this event is a one-off, and the politicians will take credit for it. We at ACCESS could really appreciate some of your guys help advocating and strategizing how to put pressure on the agency to reopen more entrances. There are only five of us who regularly attend meetings, and could really use the help. We meet once a month, typically at the beginning of the month. Just a bit of your time can have a big impact.

Do you have a website or more info about your meetings? 

Here's a Google My Map of the accessible, partially accessible, and inaccessible stations, those in progress, and those planned for the 2020-2024 capital plan: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MB1F-HQgDhGeNTr9L7KvvG_AEkmYC86H&usp=sharing

I have also blogged about how they count the stations. NYC has the only transit system that counts transfers as multiple stations. This inflates the percent of accessible stations and distorts their estimates for the remaining subway stations. They also make erroneous claims about how many elevators the next 70 stations will need. AB has said "at least 200, maybe closer to 250," but it will realistically be 150 based on their current average of 2.5 elevators per station, even when counting transfer stations only once. https://opencuny.org/jmurray/2019/02/18/even-worse-than-reported-the-nyc-subway-is-only-21-wheelchair-accessible/

I'm involved in the Rise and Resist Elevator Action Group https://www.riseandresist.org/elevator-action-group and always interested in connecting with other advocates interested in making the system more accessible.