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Where the Subway Limits New Yorkers With Disabilities - The New York Times

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Two-thirds of the city’s 550,000 residents who have trouble walking live far from an accessible subway station, a New York Times analysis has found.

The subway is tightly woven into the daily routine of many New Yorkers, but it remains largely inaccessible or dangerous to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the city. The recent death of a mother who fell down a flight of stairs while carrying a stroller has drawn new scrutiny to the transit challenges many riders have to overcome every day. In the city, there are 550,000 residents who have difficulty walking. Two-thirds of them live far from an accessible subway station, a New York Times analysis has found. bronx Co-op City Co-op City About 3,500 residents who have difficulty walkin

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