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How do you prevent New York City subway flooding in extreme rain?

by Samantha Fields
Oct 30, 2023
Climate change is making extreme rain more common. Raised metal grates and higher curbs are helping at the Chambers Street station.
As torrential downpours become more common in the Northeast, the MTA and the city are trying to mitigate stormwater flooding in part by raising curbs and metal grates.
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How fast-food chains are buffeted and buoyed by inflation

by Matt Levin
Feb 2, 2023
Many have higher expenses and are raising prices, but more consumers now have a taste for their relatively inexpensive meals.
Sales at fast-food chain Subway surged last year. But it’s by no means boom times for the industry.
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Elizabeth line: London's new train that's fit for a queen

by Victoria Craig
Jun 3, 2022
The train line, honoring the monarch's Platinum Jubilee, was overbudget and behind schedule. But it's also shortening travel times.
It's taken about 13 years to build and fit out London's Elizabeth Line, which was one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Europe.
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Why does transit infrastructure cost so much in the U.S.?

by Dylan Miettinen
Mar 28, 2022
New York City’s subway system is a prime, pricey example.
Platform screen doors will be coming to three New York City subway stations in the next few years. The cost? $100 million.
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NYC's overnight subway shutdown leaves essential workers stranded

by Kristin Schwab
May 6, 2020
Many low-paid New Yorkers rely on the subway to get to and from work. Now, a daily halt to operations for four late night hours is complicating their commutes.
A commuter wearing a face mask rides the subway. The nightly closure for cleaning is causing problems for some essential workers in New York.
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The boss of NYC's subways is departing. How'd he fare?

by Justin Ho
Jan 25, 2020
Andy Byford came to New York with a reputation for fixing transit in Toronto and London.
It's the last stop for Andy Byford, who announced this week that he's resigning as head of the New York City subway system.
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New York City subways are getting a tap-to-pay system

by Marielle Segarra
May 30, 2019
The pilot might result in riders using the same method to pay for other goods and services.
Customers move through the turnstiles at the Fulton Center subway station on February 27, 2019 in New York City.
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Baltimore subway closure exposes deeper problems

by Amy Scott
Feb 23, 2018
Transit advocates say the city's system perpetuates inequality.
The Penn-North Metro Subway Station in West Baltimore is among those closed for emergency track repairs.
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Why New York's subway issues should matter to all of us

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jun 30, 2017
The economic repercussions go beyond the metropolitan area.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker in New York City exits a Harlem subway station where a morning train derailed on June 27.
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New York subway line brings excitement and rent worries

by Adam Allington
Jan 2, 2017
Manhattan’s Second Avenue finally gets its subway.
Commuters exit the uptown Q train at the 86th St. station on the newly opened Second Avenue subway line on Sunday in New York City.
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