Sep 20, 2008 1:55 pm US/Eastern
MTA Tests Subway Grate Benches To Prevent Flooding
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The MTA is installing benches over sidewalk subway grates in order to cut down on flooding due to rain. (file)
AP
Transit officials have unveiled new benches that rest over sidewalk grates and that are designed to mitigate flooding in the New York City subway system.
Transit officials showed off an example of the new ''flood mitigating subway furniture'' on Hillside Avenue in Queens, where rainwater often floods the subway underground. The benches raise the grating well above sidewalk level.
Officials say the benches will be installed at 200 places in Queens. They are also looking to install other fixtures to reduce subway flooding in lower Manhattan and the Upper West Side.
Flooding in the subway tunnels has sometimes crippled the public transportation system.
New York City has the largest subway car fleet in the world. Approximately 7 million ride the subway and buses daily.
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