TLDR: Lombard-South and Ellsworth-Federal Stations on the Broad Street Line and the Chinatown Station on the Broad-Ridge Spur.

I’m very glad this is happening for Disabled Philadelphians like myself; we use transit a lot and Philadelphia tends to have a higher Disabled population than other major east coast cities.

On the other hands though, the ADA was 30+ years ago and only now some transit stations are complying. Yikes.

Making Chinatown Station accessible was included in the $ 56 million award that SEPTA received from the All Stations Accessibility grant program last year, along with 11th, both levels of Fairmount, Erie and Snyder.

I don’t understand how it takes a public authority over thirty years to become ADA compliant.

And the fact that ALL OF THEM aren’t required to do this??? Under the ADA, they all should be.

My understanding is that existing stations were grandfathered but need to be brought up to compliance once major renovations are made.

Without funding associated with the passage of the ADA, transportation agencies had no ability to renovate all their stations.

They’re required to only if major renovations are done

Unfunded mandate foisted upon us transit agencies with no money and terrible capital cost controls.

Need money which Septa rarely has

When you get recognition for doing what you’re supposed to do.

The amount of money generated /year and they really try to spin the, 'we need funding’ spew..

Yo, there is WAY too much construction in Northern Liberties/ Callowhill for Spring Garden to not be on this list. I know it's MFL, I understand it's sandwiched between 95, but it's necessary.

Because private companies were given the option to comply with the ADA.

It wasn’t just foisted upon transit agencies though.

It's important, but like it or not it stuck major agencies with billions in upgrades with no funding mechanism.

I meant not only transit agencies got the unfunded mandate. Everyone did.