Argonne will research how transportation systems should respond to natural hazards

Argonne will research how transportation systems should respond to natural hazards

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When a snowstorm or major flood hits a transportation system like the CTA, what should officials do? A research team at the Argonne National Laboratory in the Chicago suburbs will investigate that question after receiving a $2.9 million dollar grant from the federal government. Joshua Auld, Computational Transportation Engineer at Argonne discusses the grant and what it will mean for their research.