The transportation sector's functionality depends on climate conditions. Many New York
State residents, communities, businesses, and institutions have already experienced …

The subsurface beneath urban areas worldwide is warming up, leading to so-called
subsurface urban heat islands. Despite many investigations, limited knowledge is available …

A foreseeable challenge with a substantial increase in railway mode share will be how to
uphold punctuality. Higher volumes of train traffic will result in timetables that are more …

In this paper, we estimate the vulnerability of railway infrastructure, switches, signals, tracks,
and catenaries to different weather conditions, temperature, precipitation, snow depth, and …

Global climate change has led to more frequent extreme weather events in recent decades,
and this has impacted critical infrastructure such as railway systems. Although train …

The ground beneath cities is warming and deforming owing to subsurface urban heat
islands. Here, I discuss questions whose answers can help to develop the cross-disciplinary …

The impacts of adverse weather conditions on railway infrastructure can result in delays and
cancellations across the railway network and increased maintenance costs. The frequency …

Railways are vulnerable to extreme weather events. Some of these are expected to increase
in frequency and severity in a warming world, prompting adaptation efforts. To inform these …

The public transportation workers of New York City lost their lives to COVID-19 at a shocking
rate in the spring of 2020, likely abetted by their employer's resistance to allow workers to …

The UK's national railway network has evaluated climate change impacts, risks and
adaptation solutions. This review establishes the case for greater attention to be given to the …