宾夕法尼亚州阿勒格尼县匹兹堡市沃巴什隧道12月1日起永久关闭：4300万美元维修费过高、日均车流仅1500辆
宾夕法尼亚州阿勒格尼县匹兹堡市的匹兹堡地区交通局宣布，沃巴什隧道将于12月1日起永久关闭，此前该局董事会已投票批准关闭决定。交通局表示，隧道整体结构状况尚可，但照明、通风和电气系统已处于较差至危急状态、超出使用寿命，若继续开放需投入约4300万美元进行修复。
交通局首席执行官凯瑟琳·凯勒曼表示，隧道如今主要通行私家车辆而非公共交通，日均车流约1500辆，且交通局已不再提供经隧道的定时公交服务，因此应把有限资源集中于保障安全可靠公交服务最关键的基础设施。
交通局评估指出，尽管隧道整体结构尚属良好，但要达到现行安全标准，必须对照明、通风和电气系统进行大规模改造，成本高昂。交通局强调，关闭隧道后，相关资源将用于更关键的公交基础设施，以保障乘客日常出行的安全与可靠。关闭决定不影响沃巴什换乘停车场，该停车场将继续开放并为乘客服务。
Pittsburgh's Wabash Tunnel to Close Permanently on December 1 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: $43 Million Repair Bill and Only About 1,500 Vehicles a Day
Pittsburgh Regional Transit in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, announced that the Wabash Tunnel will close permanently starting December 1, after the agency's board voted to approve the closure. The agency said the tunnel's overall structure is sound, but its lighting, ventilation and electrical systems are in poor to critical condition and past their useful life, and keeping it open would require about $43 million in repairs.
Chief Executive Officer Katharine Kelleman said the tunnel now carries mainly private vehicles rather than public transit, with about 1,500 vehicles a day, and the agency no longer runs scheduled bus service through it, so limited resources should be concentrated on the infrastructure most critical to safe and reliable transit service.
The agency's assessment found that although the tunnel's structure remains in good condition, meeting current safety standards would require extensive upgrades to lighting, ventilation and electrical systems at high cost. It emphasized that after the closure, the resources will go to more critical transit infrastructure to keep daily passenger travel safe and reliable. The closure does not affect the Wabash park-and-ride lot, which will remain open for riders.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：阿勒格尼县政府建筑，位于匹兹堡。 / The Allegheny County government building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
