Editing MBTA accessibility (section)

==Subway==
[[File:MBTA Green Line Type 8 LRV at Park Street station.jpg|thumb|right|A Type 8 low-floor LRV at Park Street, which has raised platforms]]
All stations on the [[Orange Line (MBTA)|Orange Line]], [[Blue Line (MBTA)|Blue Line]], and [[Red Line (MBTA)|Red Line]] [[rapid transit]] lines of the [[MBTA subway]] system have high level platforms level with train floors, and all are accessible except for [[Bowdoin station]] on the Blue Line.

Most subway stations (except {{bts|Boylston}}, {{bts|Symphony}}, and {{bts|Hynes Convention Center}}) and major surface stops on the [[light rail]] [[Green Line (MBTA)|Green Line]] have {{convert|8|in|adj=on}}-high platforms. These allow accessible boarding from the newer low-floor Type 8 and Type 9 vehicles, which have a built-in retractable [[bridge plate (mechanism)|bridge plate]]. Some stations have portable lifts or wooden wayside ramps for use with high-floor Type 7 vehicles; however, this boarding method is largely disused. The [[Mattapan Line]] runs older, high floor [[Presidents' Conference Committee|PCC streetcars]]. Wooden ramps with bridge plates are at all stations except for [[Valley Road station|Valley Road]], which is inaccessible because of a steep incline from street level.

All subway transfer stations, and all stations that serve as major bus terminals, are accessible. Most have direct accessible transfers using elevators and short ramps, with some exceptions:
*Transfers between the Red Line and the southbound Orange Line at [[Downtown Crossing station]] require use of the [[Winter Street Concourse]] and the Park Street elevator, while transfers between the southbound Red Line and northbound Orange Line require leaving fare control. [[Downtown Crossing station#Accessibility|A three-phase project]] to add additional elevators will allow direct transfers.
*[[Harvard station]] has longer ramps connecting the Red Line platforms and busways to the lobby, allowing transfers without elevators. (Surface elevators connect to the lobby and the upper busway.)
*A long ramp connects the lower busway at [[Sullivan Square station]] with the upper busway and the Orange Line lobby.