Engineering the NYC Subway System

Engineering the NYC Subway System book cover — BY CECILIA PINTO MCCARTHY CONTENT CONSULTANT Gene Sansone Adjunct Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering NYU Tandon School of Engineering Cover image A New York City subway train pulls into a station Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com BUILDING BY DESIGN ENGINEERING THE NYC SUBWAY SYSTEM

Engineering the NYC Subway System — page 1 — CHAPTER ONE 4

Engineering the NYC Subway System — page 2 — AN AMAZING SYSTEM Screech Metal scrapes against metal as the subway train grinds into the Times Square 42nd Street station The sound drowns out the voice of a guitar-strumming musician A businessman drops the musician a few coins Nearby a tourist pulls out a smartphone She snaps a picture of the mural overhead The vivid mural looks like a strip from a comic book People hustle by the tourist They hope to catch the next train It’s Friday night rush hour in New York City Crowds of people stand at the station A voice over the loudspeaker warns Please Each day millions of people move through New York City’s subway system

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