The MTA says it now has 164 accessible subway stations system-wide, and it marked the milestone by breaking ground on accessibility work at the Bryant Park station this week.
That's the number to hold onto: 164 out of 472 stations. The agency has been adding elevators and ramps under a court-settlement-driven ADA capital program that's been running for years, and Bryant Park is the latest station to get a start date. We've already reported that congestion-pricing revenue is the specific funding line covering that Bryant Park elevator work — this is the groundbreaking that puts a shovel in the ground on it.
The MTA's own capital program carries multiple ADA packages right now that are bigger than any single station job. Our board shows Design-Build ADA Upgrades — Package 8 (RFI-000044) for NYC Transit stations due October 23, estimated around $100 million, and Station State of Good Repair Work Package 3 (RFI-002007), also design-build, due November 3, also estimated at $100 million or more. A related procurement — a project management consultant for that same Package 3 work (RFI-002004) — closes even sooner, October 19.
For GCs and design-build teams tracking MTA accessibility and state-of-good-repair work, the pattern is consistent: these packages run in the nine figures, they're bundled across many stations rather than let station-by-station, and they close within weeks of each other. Package 8 and the Package 3 consultant contract both close inside the next week — anyone chasing this lane needs both on the calendar now, not after Bryant Park's ribbon cutting makes headlines.
The MTA's own procurement portal carries the solicitation documents and addenda for both packages; its accessible-stations count and the Bryant Park groundbreaking are confirmed directly on mta.info.