Summer already turns New York’s subway platforms into fetid saunas. Climate change may make them dangerous. A draft report from a panel convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, obtained by Capital New York, warns that climate change could make stations "dangerously hot for riders." This is in addition to the more obvious threat of flooding that climate change poses.
"dangerously hot"
Heat from the trains, their brakes, and the air conditioners used to cool the cars combine to make platforms far hotter than the temperature above ground. "Just because the way the station is designed. It's a steamer," Richard Barone, the transportation director at New York’s Regional Plan Association, tells Capital. The problem can’t be solved by putting air...
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