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MTA piloting device to automatically secure wheelchairs in place on buses

By Ben Brachfeld
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Posted on July 25, 2023
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The MTA is piloting a device allowing wheelchair users to automatically secure themselves in place on buses, without the assistance the driver.

Q’Straint‘s Quantum Self Securement Station will be added to ten buses on the M7 line, running between Chelsea and Harlem, by the end of the week, the MTA said Monday afternoon, and will remain in place for a six-month pilot. The buses with the Quantum tech will be denoted with a decal on the outside.

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MTA piloting device to automatically secure wheelchairs in place on buses

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