The political economy of power grids, mass transit and affordable housing, and the implications for higher education. A judge recently signed off on an agreement between New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority and disability-rights advocates. The MTA committed to making 95 percent of its subway stations elevator accessible … by 2055, when my youngest son will be 62 years old. That’s more than six decades after passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Even then, the system will still not be 100 percent accessible.