The Superstorm known as Sandy caused an estimated $5 billion of damage to New York’s subway system. Tunnels flooded, equipment was wrecked, and several lines stayed out of action for weeks. As the ...

A giant inflatable plug that can be filled with 35,000 gallons of water at a moment’s notice could have prevented some of the flooding that crippled New York City’s transit in the wake of Sandy, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With a few dull thuds, the 1-ton bag of high-strength fabric tumbled from the wall of the mock subway tunnel and onto the floor. Then it ...

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The Resilient Tunnel Plug is demonstrated to show it can quickly fill a subway or tunnel and prevent or limit flooding and damages. To take part in the Machine Design infrastructure survey, click here ...

After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year, officials pledged to install new devices to help halt the rising tides—including flood gates and, more ...

The MTA is testing a new inflatable plug intended to seal off subway tunnels during major disasters, several months after the system was crippled by historic flooding during Sandy. On Thursday, ...