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aray25 t1_jcwkmd7 wrote

Reply to comment by CasualSaturdays in Does anyone live in Cambridge-Boston-Brookline WITH a baby and WITHOUT a car? by Bostonosaurus

For many of those Green Line stops, though, "not accessible" means you might have to lift the stroller half a foot to get it on the train. Not a dealbreaker here. (Though it would be, of course, for someone who uses a wheelchair, so we can still strive to improve.)

The only major problem stations I can think of off the top of my head now would be Bowdoin, Boylston, Hynes Convention Center, Symphony, and Valley Road out on the Mattapan line. Symphony has a project in the works now to add elevators, and Hynes will get them as part of the new developments going up around the station.

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obsoletevernacular9 t1_jcy5rlj wrote

Right, seems like there could also be some type of mini ramp for wheel chair users and a designated spot for the green line to stop to make the ground level stops truly accessible.

This doesn't matter for stroller users, as you said, but isn't fair for others with mobility challenges. And by not fair I mean not ..legal

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aray25 t1_jcz5qs9 wrote

Old stations are generally exempt from ADA regulation because they predate the rules. However, when stations receive significant upgrades, they become subject to accessibility laws.

MBTA has really gone above and beyond what the law requires in terms of supporting accessibility. Whether what they've done and continue to do is morally adequate is a debate I'm not going to wade into.

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