Joseph Shapiro. “Stop 1: Dyckman Street Subway Station, Inwood, Manhattan”. In Helping Those with Disbilities, ADA Improves Access For All. National Public Radio. 24 July 2015. Web. 21 February 2016.
Not having elevators in subway stations in New York caused people in wheelchairs to not be able to access the subways. The way subway stations were originally built created discrimination against people with certain disabilities. The Americans With Disabilities Act helped to change that. It added elevators to major subway stations and made it to where elevators would be added to new stations being made or when a major renovation is done to existing stations.
Often times, changes have to be made to built environment so they can be of use to more people. When the subway stations were first built, wheelchair accessibility was not a problem, but over time built environments will have to change due to the changing society. This article pointed out hoe built environments have to change sometimes because of the changing society. This relates to my fourth and sixth sources because it is on the area of wheelchair accessibility.