The MTA is saving millions of dollars a year — by putting people in cabs.
Users of the MTA's Access-A-Ride service were diverted to taxis for 2 million trips, or 30 percent of the time, last year — largely with low-cost cab vouchers issued by the agency.
In 2011, only 1.5 million trips, or 23 percent, were shifted to cabs by the program, which serves commuters with disabilities.
Each subsidized cab trip saves the MTA $34.50, officials said. The MTA normally pays an average of $67.33 per trip with Access-A-Ride, which uses contractors to drive customers in vehicles outfitted with wheelchair lifts.
Access-A-Ride customers have to pay only the cost of a subway fare, while the MTA shells out the rest.
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires transit alternatives be offered to people unable to take the subway or bus, but the feds don't subsidize the service.
Access-A-Ride cost the MTA about $450 million in 2013. It is expected cost $382 million in 2014.
Meanwhile, the number of wheelchair-accessible cabs continues to rise and will hit 50 percent by 2020 as part of a federal class-action lawsuit settlement.
There are now 631 yellow cabs and almost 800 outer-borough green cabs that are wheelchair accessible.
Last year, there were 231 wheelchair-accessible yellow taxis. Green cabs were not introduced until 2013, when only a handful were wheelchair-friendly.
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