A new look at platform doors

Following the horrific death of a woman shoved onto the tracks at the Times Square subway station, transit leaders will explore the installation of platform barriers, MTA acting Chair Janno Lieber said Tuesday.

But the shove-preventing screen doors, which the MTA had previously derided as prohibitively complicated and expensive, face significant obstacles, Lieber cautioned.

“Platform doors are an idea that works in many places, but there are special complexities in New York,” Lieber told reporters. “That said, we’re always looking for ways that we can make the system safer.”

Lieber cited “the age of our system,” station ventilation, and maintaining platform accessibility as potential roadblocks.

A transit spokesman also cited “train door misalignment” and “column placement.”