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The US northeast coast on Monday evening reached hurricane named Sandy, the storm center is presently in Pennsylvania. In this article we summarize the effects on the transport infrastructure and prepare for the storm. While in Europe, such outage covering all modes of transport unknown fortunately, Americans struggle with the elements is definitely an interesting age of experience. This article has been updated in the storm after the passage of state on Tuesday morning!
The tropical storm named Sandy, commonly known as hurricane local time on Monday evening age of (Central European Time Tuesday at dawn) reached the US northeast coast of New Jersey coast, and is expected to Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York State passes through the coming days. The storm path to follow Google crisis map, and as live images, placed on top of the New York Times Manhattan buildings webcam image recommend - the camera could wind speeds over 140 km / h as well and the images according to the electric current was quite tolerable in Manhattan. The stronger the hurricane approached the coast Monday's news, but land weakened the arguments, and not become a reality in the worst case scenario, the possibility of a "super storm." The US population is not the first time faced such weather, so routinely deszkázták the windows and looted the shops. However, what is the main theme of this article, the impact on the transport systems, and the efforts of the transport infrastructure which sought to protect age of the ravages of the storm.
The New York City Subway Line 1 South Ferry terminals in the southern tip of Manhattan to start waiting for a train. This is due to the station's location will almost certainly suffer significant damage, the boarded-up vents are opened almost oceanfront promenade. Update: between Chambers Street and South Ferry stations in the tunnel burglar flooded age of the station shown
The north-eastern coast, inland transport age of companies operating throughout Sunday announced the shutdown of flights in a row. The first operating around the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) was the second time in the history of the company's total metro network was shut down on Sunday evening at 7 pm, the company's website and see pictures age of of the preparations under "On Scene" name. The gear is within the framework of the planned evacuation of tunnels and underground storage facilities located in the high-lying sites were taken in many places and in a great location (= height) is also kept open lines of trains. The stations were closed and boarded up the ventilation openings. Date of traffic re-launch is uncertain, if only because in spite of all the precautions certainly will suffer serious water damage to the tunnel network that already after a good rain finds its way to the water. The bus network is shut down, the vehicle also was taken to higher ground garages. In the MTA operation of Metro North and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter trains also stopped - former are mainly in the northern part of New York bridges and the Hudson River Valley runway, the latter Long in danger Island south sections in low-lying areas. Far Rockaway Branch almost borítékolhatóan will suffer serious damage, but the Long Beach Branch and the Babylon Branch is also close to (and sometimes also falls into) Long Island evacuation zones. Penn Station is located near the LIRR Station preparation, the West Side Yard is situated near the banks of the Hudson River, age of so the trains had to be evacuated from there.
Update: After the passage of the storm zone MTA Chairman Joseph J. Lhota has issued a notice of such damages. The metro all transfer under the Hudson and East River tunnels flooded, and two road tunnels are (Hugh L. Carey and Queens Midtown) has water shock. LIRR tunnel under the East River also flooded and six buszgarázst also suffered serious damage.
The New Jersey Transit train to reach the important tunnels used by Amtrak, LIRR and NJTransit under the East River within few meters - the picture was taken place in the LIRR Hunterspoint Avenue stop, which is located in an "A" level evacuation zone, flood risk is significant. Update: the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said in a statement that the tunnel was flooded
The long-distance traffic age of could stay out of the ship, the Amtrak Monday's operation from the beginning all the East Coast flight, ie the Northeast Corridor (NEC) and the total turnover of the connecting lines stopped. The re-launch here depends on the damage, which unfortunately does not have a deficit. NEC is surprisingly low in some places and estuaries rías cross bridges, from the ocean serious flood protection system does not protect the infrastructure. Critical network point of view during the running section of Manhattan, to Penn Station from the east entrance leading running tunnel under the East River in Queens district "A" is an evacuation zone, that is a good chance for w