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MTA officials have an original idea to deal with subway flooding during heavy rain. Rather than run off untreated water into the harbor that surrounds the city, the MTA is thinking of building giant underground reservoirs to store excess water at places like Parsons Blvd. in Queens, which has a spillover effect, so to speak, on the rest of the subway system. Hours after a downpour, huge puddles of rainwater remain near the Parsons Blvd. station.
Subway flooding is a problem familiar to all New Yorkers. Heavy rains virtually ensure that disruptions in service will occur. The city's working on the problem. Mayor Bloomberg put a panel together to discuss sustainability and Riverkeepers' representative suggested designing green rooftops on bus depots and other buildings to absorb rainwater during heavy storms. A more practical solution may involve street furniture that elevates sidewalk drains from pouring flooded water into the subway system.
In the meantime, local horse sense seems to be the key. "'If it's raining, I don't even take the train," said Lavern Moore, 40, a teacher who's been using the station for 10 years. 'You're asking for trouble.'"
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"'If it's raining, I don't even take the train."
Um, what alternative do most people have? "Oh, gee I'll go hail a taxi. They're MUCH easier to catch in the rain."
The bus sucks, but you'll be hard-pressed to get a seat when your station is out of commission.
"'If it's raining, I don't even take the train."
Third World infrastructure, courtesy of your local MTA.
If the water comes up, pump it out into the rivers. This ain't suburbia where they have holding ponds in case of torrential rains.
Yeah, well I've been taking the train for 23 years, and I've only experienced "station flooding service disruption" in the last 5 (except for that one monster rain in the late 90s). Since I'm pretty sure it rained at some point between 1984-2002, I'm blaming the crapola MTA logistical planning.
Snoopy - the city already has combined sewer outflows which, sadly, lead accumulated precipitation into bodies of water. If you ever wonder why public beaches get closed - you now have your answer.
As for the underground reservoir idea - makes sense, but you can only do so much digging underground without compromising other systems, like sewer, gas, electric, and oh yeah, subway.