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"textContent": "As transit agencies face growing climate risks and limited capital budgets, deciding which flood protection measures to implement—and where—has become a critical challenge. Now, a research team at NYU Tandon School of Engineering has built a computer modeling framework that allows agencies to rapidly test and prioritize hundreds of subway resilience strategies for coastal storm surge flooding before committing to major infrastructure investments.",
"title": "New model tests hundreds of MTA subway flood defenses in one minute"
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