Elevators will enable people with disabilities, young children, elderly people, and others to get from the street to the platform. The escalators only reach the mezzanine, requiring travelers to use the stairs to get to and from the platform.

2.     There are no truly accessible stations on the #1 line between the 96th Street and 231st Street stations (Note:  Dyckman Street elevator is southbound only)

Elevators Are Needed to Accommodate Major New Development 

3.     Completion of Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus by the end of the decade will bring 6,000 workers to the neighborhood. Thousands more will come to the Campus daily as students and visitors. 

4.     New commercial buildings will attract additional workers and visitors to the neighborhood.

5.     New residential buildings, such as at the two seminaries, will bring more residents and transit riders to the neighborhood