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[avendya]

Yes, that does say from May 4 to late August, the station will not be accessible. I was generally impressed by the accessibility of San Francisco's public transit, but this is Not Cool. The nearest station is 0.7 miles away. Accessibility of transit: fail.

ETA: I have been informed in comments that BART is generally quite good, considering their budget constraints, so consider my objections retracted.

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[pauraque]

As far as I've seen, the reason some stations have multiple elevators is that those are the ones where there are separate platforms for each direction/line, and you can't cross the tracks. Thus, if one elevator is out of order, you still can't get to the platform it serves. Embarcadero only has one platform for all lines and directions, so it only has one elevator.

I will say that BART is good about alerting riders when the elevators are out of order. They make regular announcements about elevator status over the PA system and the scrolling signs, including "all's well" when all elevators are working.

Ideally there would be multiple elevators for each platform so they would always (or almost always!) be accessible. Unfortunately BART's budget is really lacking right now, so don't hold your breath for enhancements. :(

[avendya]

My objections are retracted, then. It sounds like BART is doing the best they can as far as accessibility, and that's certainly more than many agencies do.

[pauraque]

I think they do their best. Your frustration is totally understandable either way!

[trixie]

San Francisco's public transportation is LIGHTYEARS ahead of most of the other systems in the country when it comes to accessibility. That's one elevator down for rehab, as opposed to NYC where there are still barely a third (if that!) of all the stations in the system with any elevators at all.