美國紐約市重要地鐵站無障礙設施問題成為會議焦點

　　據(jù)《哥倫比亞觀察家報》報道，10 月 7 日舉行的最近一次電梯廳會議的重點是繼續(xù)爭取改善紐約市曼哈頓晨邊高地社區(qū)的大都會運輸局（MTA）重要地鐵站的無障礙設施，即電梯和現(xiàn)代化的自動扶梯。作為紐約市最高的地面車站之一，第 125 街和百老匯站沒有電梯，自動扶梯也經常出現(xiàn)故障。MTA 于今年 9 月批準的價值 684 億美元的 2025-29 年資本計劃中并不包括符合《美國殘疾人法案》（ADA）的車站垂直交通（VT）升級改造。與此同時，MTA 力爭在 2055 年之前完成 95% 車站的坡道或電梯建設，以符合《美國殘疾人法案》的要求。目前，只有不到三分之一的 MTA 地鐵站實現(xiàn)了無障礙通行。電梯廳是晨邊高地社區(qū)聯(lián)盟（Morningside Heights Community Coalition）、晨邊高地退休和健康服務機構、當?shù)貦C構、民間組織和居民的聯(lián)合倡議。MTA 辦公室副主任肖恩-菲茨帕特里克（Sean Fitzpatrick）在 10 月 7 日的會議上告訴與會者，第 125 和百老匯站仍然是 “優(yōu)先車站”，“（VT 升級改造的）資金問題需要解決。......通過重新啟動、擁堵收費或其他資金來源"。

Inaccessibility at Key NYC Subway Station Focus of Meeting

　　The most recent Elevator Lobby meeting on October 7 focused on the continued battle for accessibility improvements — namely, an elevator and modernized escalators — at a key Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway station in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, NYC, the Columbia Spectator reports. One of the highest above-ground stations in NYC, the 125th Street and Broadway station has no elevator, and its escalators often malfunction. The MTA’s US$68.4-billion 2025-29 Capital Plan, approved in September, does not include Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant vertical-transportation (VT) upgrades at the station. Meanwhile, MTA is striving to complete construction of ramps or elevators at 95% if its stations by 2055 to comply with ADA requirements. Less than one-third of MTA subway stations are ADA accessible currently. The Elevator Lobby is a joint initiative of the Morningside Heights Community Coalition, Morningside Heights Retirement and Health Services, local institutions, civic organizations and residents. MTA Deputy Chief of Staff Sean Fitzpatrick told those at the October 7 meeting that 125th and Broadway remains “a priority station,” and that the “funding picture (for VT upgrades) needs it be resolved. . .through reactivation, congestion pricing or through an alternative funding source.”