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Rising heat in subway stations could derail transit systems: study
NY Post ^ | 07/11/2023 | Alex Mitchell

Posted on 07/11/2023 11:13:52 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Here’s something coming without delays.

New research warns that rapidly rising underground heat in subway stations is well on its way to becoming a “silent hazard” that will wreck transit systems and cause health issues for straphangers in the not-so-distant future.

“Subsurface temperature rises can also cause transportation infrastructure and public health issues, such as overheated subway rails that force trains to slow down or stop to avoid incidents with significant economic costs associated with the delay of public transportation services,” warns Northwestern engineering professor Alessandro Rotta Loria in a study released Tuesday.

Making matters worse, the hellishly hot platform and tunnel areas — scientifically referred to as urban heat islands — are not equipped for the major temperature change, one which can have a whopping ground temperature of 70 degrees.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: heat; stations; subway; transit
Oh noes!! Hide under the bed and mask up!
1 posted on 07/11/2023 11:13:52 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let me guess, the problem is climate change ?


2 posted on 07/11/2023 11:17:10 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’re getting to the core of the matter, now.


3 posted on 07/11/2023 11:17:16 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Reverend Wright

Let me guess, the problem is climate change ?

No, the problem is the Climate Cult ,LOL


4 posted on 07/11/2023 11:22:50 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Sacajaweau

5 posted on 07/11/2023 11:23:24 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
. . . the hellishly hot platform and tunnel areas[ . . .] are not equipped for the major temperature change, one which can have a whopping ground temperature of 70 degrees.

Is the NY Post cribbing from European sources again? "70 degrees" is compfortable room temperature. If they are using Celsius, the NY Post should convert it for normal U.S. usage or at least mark it Celsius.

I live in Phoenix, it is 115 degrees F, and people keep voting for more trains. Why don't we have this problem? (Our problem is that the train system is a transmission vector for vagrants).
6 posted on 07/11/2023 11:37:28 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: ClearCase_guy

What we need is white asphalt...


7 posted on 07/11/2023 11:37:50 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

New York City is as far from a natural environment as possible. Few trees. Little grass. Mostly concrete and asphalt. So what do you expect? The city becomes hot in summer. Underground remains hot. It can’t be changed. Get used to it.

Worry more about the creatures that inhabit the underground who slash humans, rape women, steal money, and push humans onto the tracks.


8 posted on 07/11/2023 11:42:26 AM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. Cat = cat.)
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To: Reverend Wright

“Let me guess, the problem is climate change ?”

Yes. It’s already ‘underground’ in Chicago.


9 posted on 07/11/2023 12:05:18 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Somebody needs research grants!


10 posted on 07/11/2023 12:39:53 PM PDT by hattend (F U Pedo Joe.)
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To: dljordan

save the bums!


11 posted on 07/12/2023 4:22:07 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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