Megacities : New York City

Film Summary

duration60:00 mins
categoryCurrent Events & Society / People & Places / Science & Nature
locationNorth America

Brief Summary

They call it the Big Apple -- the largest metropolis in America. Eight million people scattered across five boroughs - each a city in itself. Like no place on earth, New York is famed for its pace. Yet life here would slow to a crawl without one vital piece of infrastructure: the subway. In a city where 75 percent of the people don't have a car, the New York subway offers the best transit system in America. Every week day, trains carry 4.5 million people - nearly the entire population of Norway -- making it one of the world's busiest subway systems. Yet daily, it faces a triple threat: from man, nature, and time. Megacities- New York follows the emergency management response team as they plot rescues, escapes and re-routing on the fly, in order to ensure the safety of both the riders and workers of the subway. The threats range from breakdowns to flooding to terrorism. Within this vital organ, life pulses at the speed of a New York minute. And every day, the city struggles to keep it beating and keep it safe.

Year Filmed: 2005

Code: NGCI 1141

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