New York's Sometimes-Accessible Public Transportation
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 5, 2020
Shumita Basu WNYC reporter, host and producer, talks about WNYC's/Gothamist's We the Commuters reporting on accessibility in the NYC transit system. Plus Claire Perlman, a researcher for ProPublica's local reporting network, and Katherine Valdez share their frustrations, successes and workarounds for commuting while using a wheelchair in New York City.
→"How One Wheelchair User Conquers The Sometimes Accessible NYC Transit System" by James Ramsay with photos by Amy Pearl (WNYC, Jan. 23, 2020)
→"Paratransit Services in New York City Are Severely Limited and Unpredictable. They Still Cost $614 Million a Year" (WNYC/ProPublica, Feb. 6, 2020)
→EVENT: We the Commuters - "Imagining an Accessible NYC" at The Greene Space, Tuesday, March 10 at 7pm.
