NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials will install safety barriers in three New York City subway stations in a pilot program aimed at preventing tragedies like the death of a woman who was pushed in front of a train last month. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Thursday that the barriers will be tested at three stations where it is feasible to install them. A survey of the city’s 472 stations found that just 41 of them could be retrofitted with the barriers today. Transit officials said installing the barriers at the three stations probably won’t be completed until 2024.
Photo: FILE – Passengers walk along a train platform at 42nd Street Grand Central Subway Station, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in New York. Transit officials will install safety barriers in three New York City subway stations in a pilot program aimed at preventing tragedies like the death of a woman who was pushed in front of a train last month. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
