New York City subway announcers will no longer address “ladies and gentlemen,” opting instead for gender-neutral nouns.

A bulletin sent out to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees counsels them to opt instead for words like “passengers” or “riders,” according to multiple reports.

MTA officials said the change was part of a wider effort to be more responsive to passengers, including encouraging conductors to offer real-time updates to riders about delays.

“It all goes to this fundamental need to make sure we're getting people the information they need,” spokesman Jon Weinstein told the Associated Press.

The change marks the latest effort to accommodate non-gender-conforming people in public spaces, an effort that has also seen multiple pushes to allow people to use the bathroom matching their gender identity.

For example, California law now requires all single-stall public toilets to be gender neutral.

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Even as more liberal localities have embraced more inclusive measures, the Trump administration has moved in the opposite direction.