"Simple moves like raising entry steps and sealing street vents prevents the kind of flooding that takes service out or causes risk to our passengers," said Jamie Torres-Springer, MTA Construction ...

Transit officials are ill-prepared to effectively deploy personnel and resources to prevent flooding in the event of a hurricane, the MTA Inspector General’s Office said Wednesday. An IG audit ...

The audit, which covered MTA subagencies for bridges, tunnels and bus operations from 2009 to mid-2023, found that several flood doors on the Queens-Midtown and Hugh L. Carey tunnels had broken ...

When a deluge of water poured into the Queens-Midtown Tunnel earlier this month, MTA crews spent hours trying to figure out the source of the leak that forced officials to temporarily close the ...

In the years following the storm, the MTA spent $7.6 billion on repairs and resiliency projects to shore up vulnerable infrastructure. Some $350 million of that outlay went toward movable flood ...

One-sixth of the Hudson Line will be susceptible to high-tide flooding by the 2050s, MTA analysts project. By then, sea levels at Spuyten Duyvil are projected to rise 30 inches. “Climate change ...

With heavy rain sweeping across Southeast Texas, flooding and high water is causing some problems for commuters. Beaumont ...

A pair of tunnels leading into Manhattan will be partially closed to motorists on several nights this summer as the MTA tests emergency flood doors that would protect the tunnels during a ...

New York City’s aging transit system is up against increasingly heavy rainfall and flooding, crippling commutes and exposing serious vulnerabilities to future climate disasters. Commuters like 23-year ...