据迈阿密先驱报的报道，美国迈阿密铁路及高架路公共交通部门服务的乘客被电梯和自动扶梯的停运及故障困扰已久。仅在2018年，全市就有204台停运时长达到37233个小时，合计1551天。该数据来自迈阿密戴德县县长卡洛斯的一份报告。该县长组织了一个致力于改进电梯的维护、修理及现代化更新的电梯工作小组，对所有电梯产品及服务供应商进行了全面排查，确认他们按照合同进行电梯设备的维护和修理。在对全县1268台电梯、自动扶梯和自动人行道的检查中，县议员们发现在22英里的铁路系统和4.4英里的高架路系统线上各站的电梯设备比其他地方的“更容易更经常”停运。县议员们目前正关注该如何解决这个问题，并且与纽约和费城这些有政府自聘的电梯维修员工的城市交通部门探讨经验。

　　ELEVATOR, ESCALATOR PROBLEMS PLAGUE MIAMI PUBLIC TRANSIT

　　Out-of-service and malfunctioning elevators and escalators are plaguing riders of the Metrorail and Metromover public-transit systems in Miami, with the systems' 204 units out of service for a total of 37,233 h, the equivalent of 1,551 days, in 2018 alone, the Miami Herald reports. The figures came from a report by Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, who has formed an Elevator Working Group in an effort to improve maintenance, repair and modernization. That effort includes more thorough auditing of elevator contractors to ensure they are adhering to contracts. An examination of the county's 1,268 elevators, escalators and moving walks ordered by county commissioners found that units at stations along the 22-mi Metrorail system and 4.4-mi Metromover system were out of service "much more often" than those of any other. County leaders are focused on fixing the issues and are consulting with transit authorities in cities such as NYC and Philadelphia that use in-house maintenance staff.