Commuters at the New Jersey Transit train platform at Penn Station in New York on June 18, 2024.
The nation’s transportation system was built to withstand the weather, come rain or shine.
However, the heat dome scorching the U.S. has been pushing the nation’s infrastructure to the limits. As millions of Americans face sweltering heat conditions, many have also been left stranded by disruptions in the nation’s transportation systems that buckled under extreme temperatures.
