It just seems to me that a system invented for long-range transportation wouldn't need to be designed to be adaptable for short-range transportation, since you can just get off your lazy behind and walk there. I mean, heck, on real-world naval vessels and aircraft carriers, they don't have elevators, partly because elevators in a battleship are a terrible idea (since the shaft could get bent in combat and create a bottleneck or trap people inside), and largely because military personnel are expected to be in good physical shape and able to walk, run or climb the distance effectively. Now, starships have turbolifts for the sake of the dramatic convenience of setting private conversations there, but it seems reasonable that they wouldn't see a need to equip their transporters for short-range function, since it wouldn't normally be needed.