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CTA construction update: Racine, Bryn Mawr and Austin projects progress; agency outlines station accessibility funding and digital signage pilot
Summary
CTA chief infrastructure officer Bill Mooney updated the ADA advisory committee on multiple All Stations Accessibility Program projects in construction and design, including Racine, Bryn Mawr and Austin, elevator rehabs, a $25.6 million Austin budget breakdown, and a pilot for digital, real-time station signage tied to CTA web services.
Bill Mooney, chief infrastructure officer at the Chicago Transit Authority, told the ADA advisory committee the agency is advancing a suite of All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) projects, including multiple stations now in construction and another set actively in design.
Mooney said the program’s construction-phase projects include work on the Red and Blue Lines and the Green Line; he listed stations currently in construction or recently moving into the construction phase and described visible progress at Racine station, where new precast concrete siding, an expanded elevated station house, and elevator hoist and hoist-way installations are underway. Photographs shown to the committee depicted a new station house, a grand stairwell connecting the elevator to the platform, mechanical rooms and finishes, and the elevator hoist space…
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