据纽约乡村之声报道，纽约大学的报告显示通过在纽约市地铁内增加电梯设施，有助于减轻联邦政府授权的辅助交通设施建设，如残障专车等带来的预算压力。现在，纽约市的491个地铁站中只有112个配有足够的辅助交通设施，因此残障人士的发言人认为城市交通管理部门（Metropolitan Transportation Authority）并没有实现优化出行设施的承诺。而城市交通管理部门则表示目前已经有11个主要地铁站正在进行辅助交通设施建设项目，投入7.395亿美元，预计在2020年完工。该项目将投入90亿美元为纽约市的350个地铁站配置足够的辅助设施系统，其中电梯设备共计870台。

　　NYU: SUBWAY ELEVATORS NEEDED TO EASE ACCESS-A-RIDE BURDEN

　　Additional subway elevators are among measures that would ease budget pressure on New York City’s (NYC) federally mandated paratransit service, Access-A-Ride, according to a New York University (NYU) report, the Village Voice reports. Only 112 of NYC’s 491 subway stations are fully accessible, and advocates for the disabled say the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has not delivered on promises to improve access. The MTA says it is working on a US$739.5-million full-accessibility program in 11 key stations scheduled for completion in 2020. It would cost US$9 billion to make the system fully accessible with 870 elevators in approximately 350 stations.