Roughly $343 million will be made available to transit agencies this year to make subway and rail stations more accessible to those with disabilities, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The tranche of funds comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will be allotted to transit agencies across the country to retrofit rail and subway stations for wheelchair use, officials said. PHOTO: A disabled man in wheelchair waits fora subway train in New York, Nov. 29, 2013. Disability Pride MonthThe funding will total $1.75 billion over the next five years to make these stations more accessible, the officials said. Biden administration to release $343M to make subway and rail stations more accessible originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News July 26, 2022 20:11 UTC