Public transportation interruptions are a disruptive impact of climate change.  In New York City and surrounding urban areas, large populations rely on public transportation for their livelihoods and accessing daily necessities like food & medical care.  These disruptions can be caused by many climate change-related issues and events:

• More Powerful Storms can cause storm surge impacting coastal areas and increased flooding.

• Sea Level Rise makes coastal areas of land more vulnerable to storm impacts, and can even cause "sunny day flooding" (flooding associated with sea level rise and high tides, rather than precipitation).

• Wildfires can close roads & rail lines and cause longer-term damage to travel infrastructure.

• Flooding inundates roads, subways & rail lines, making them impassable for buses & trains.

Now that you know a bit more about this climate change-related problem....