(Bloomberg) – The Metropolitan Transport Office in New York is floating under the tension of extreme weather, with torrential rain and heat shaking triggers the main disruption of the service and sends riders trying to alternatives.
On two separate days this week, the calculation of the power supply at the Subway West 4 station. Street Subway Station, redirects and serious delays on multiple lines. At the beginning of this month, the massive floods that stopped when the water threw itself at the stations from the huge sewage system.
Thursday morning commuting was the last episode. The western fourth outage disrupted the metro lines for hours with a delay in stretching until the afternoon. The riders may not see any relief soon; Prognostics warn against possible lightning floods later on Thursday evening when the next round of heavy rain is coming.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul to announce an emergency before the expected storm on Thursday. Power disorders also caused the boy to require MTA to analyze the incidents of this week.
“New Yorkers cannot wait for years for more durable service; I ordered MTA to undergo a complete review of the problems this week to avoid similar outages in the future,” Hochul said in a statement.
While most of the US face intense weather, the New York 100 -year -old transit network is particularly vulnerable. As the largest transit system in the US, MTA operates about 6 million riders on weekdays, so every disturbance is more painful for commuting in the region. The system for using the system also increases in January with a single metro or bus ride to cost 10 cents more for $ 3 and monthly and weekly passages of commuting coach rising by 4.4%.
Now the riders have to pay attention to changes in the weather, notification of transit services in real time and show more patience, said Kate Slevin, executive vice president of the Association of the Regional Plan, a non -profit civic group that focuses on economic health and quality of life in the New York City region.
“The transport that people use daily is one of the more visible effects of how climate change affects our everyday life and is more difficult for us every day,” Slevin said. “It’s a really unpredictable moment.”
The MTA is trying to strengthen the system. It is $ 68.4 billion a capital plan for 2025-2029, includes $ 700 million in counter -investment: installation of venting covers, staircase increases, tunnel sealing, and pumping rooms to more than a dozen. Another $ 4 billion is earmarked for repairing and modernizing performance wiring, of which 40% are in the subway in poor or marginal state.
At the beginning of this month, MTA employees worked overnight during a rain storm to draw 15 million gallons of water from the metro system and restore the service for morning commuting in time. According to Jann Lieber, CEO of MTA, however, these efforts will not compensate for the aging sewer infrastructure that overflows if it is more than a centimeter and a half rain per hour, according to Jann Lieber. This excess water then encounters metro stations.
Lieber strives to expand the capacity of the sewer system, long -term and costly repair. Adding to the challenge projects on the street reduce the curb and reduce how quickly water can reach drains.
“They are our partners in many, many areas, but that’s the one where we need a real change and some quick action,” Lieber said on Wednesday during the monthly meeting of the MTA Board.
For riders are a daily stress source. Jayson Rodriguez, 19 from Harlem, was sitting on a stopped train C on Thursday morning, causing him to work more than 30 minutes late.
“Sometime before I leave my house, I have to leave an hour in advance just in case something happens,” he said as he went through his phone to pass the time.
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