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How Does An Elevated Highway in New York City Even Flood?

Highways throughout New York City flooded as the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through. Photo: AFP via Getty Images The FDR Drive was swamped, the Long Island Expressway was inundated, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway was submerged, as flash floods turned New York City’s roadways into deadly rivers, killing at least one person trapped in a vehicle in Queens and eight people trapped in vehicles in New Jersey. Last night’s deluge also somehow flooded the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge, where the city’s likely next mayor was helping drivers move slowly through what looked...

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Everything We Know About Revel’s New Rideshare Teslas

Photo: Courtesy of Revel After months in regulatory limbo, the first of Revel’s new Tesla rideshare cars hit Manhattan’s streets on August 2. The scooter company first announced its plans to get into the rideshare game back in March with a fleet of 50 Tesla Model Y’s, each painted the same light blue as a Revel scooter. But getting approved by the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission was a slog, and Revel debuted in a more limited way than it had hoped: 34 Revel Teslas are now out on the road (with 16 more soon to follow), and they will only operate below 42nd Street for now....

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