纽约大都会运输署（MTA）可通过运营改进、提高公交车速度以及让现任和退休员工为其医疗保险支付更多费用，每年节省高达25亿美元，这是一家财政监督团体周一发布的一份报告称。
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority could save up to $2.5 billion each year through operational improvements, faster buses and getting current and retired employees to pay more for their health insurance coverage, according to a fiscal watchdog group.
公民预算委员会（Citizens Budget Commission）是一个关注纽约市和州预算的非营利公民团体，该组织敦促MTA实施这些改变，因为MTA必须解决预算缺口，预计到2030年该缺口将增长至近9亿美元，尽管MTA已经预计到2029年每年可节省7.5亿美元。MTA是一个州级机构，负责监管纽约市的地铁、公交车和两条通勤铁路线的交通网络。
The Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit civic group that focuses on New York City and state budgets, is urging the MTA to implement changes as it must resolve budget gaps that are set to grow to nearly $900 million by 2030, even as the MTA already expects to produce annual savings of $750 million by 2029. The MTA is a state-run agency that oversees New York City’s transit network of subways, buses and two commuter rail lines.
一个关键领域是提高生产力。根据公民预算委员会周一发布的一份报告，MTA设施维护员工每工作一小时，该机构获得的公交车运营时间为0.97小时。将其提高到全国同行中位数的1.12小时，每年可为MTA节省3.61亿美元，并削减1552个维护岗位，到2029年实现。
One key area is improving productivity. For every hour that an MTA facility maintenance employee works, the agency gets 0.97 hours that transit vehicles are in service, according to a report the CBC released Monday. Increasing it to the national peer median of 1.12 hours would save the MTA $361 million each year by 2029 and reduce 1,552 maintenance positions, according to the report.
MTA和市政府官员正在创建更多专用公交车道，以帮助提高公交车速度。根据报告，将公交车速度提高15%，每年可节省3.03亿美元。将地铁列车员数量减少50%（这将增加单人列车运行的使用），到2029年每年可节省2.38亿美元，根据报告。
MTA and city officials are creating more designated bus lanes to help speed up buses. Increasing their speeds by 15% would create $303 million of annual savings, according to the report. Reducing the number of subway conductors by 50% — which would increase the use of one-person train operation — would save $238 million each year by 2029, according to the report.
报告称：“MTA的服务对该地区的经济和生活质量至关重要。虽然实施这些建议的改变将面临挑战并需要时间，但它们有助于确保MTA的长期财政稳定，以便它能够继续提供支持该地区的服务。”退休的MTA员工目前不支付医疗保险费用。要求他们缴纳与退休纽约州员工相似的费用，到2029年每年可节省3.18亿美元，根据报告。
“The MTA’s services are critical to the region’s economy and quality of life,” the report said. “While implementing these recommended changes will be challenging and take time, they help ensure the MTA’s long-term fiscal stability so that it can continue to provide services that support the region.”Retired MTA employees currently don’t pay healthcare premiums. Requiring them to make contributions similar to retired New York State workers would save $318 million annually by 2029, according to the report.