Incident 536: NJ Transit's Use of Modeling Software Miscalculated Storm Surge Threat Level
Description: New Jersey Transit's use of a federal government storm modeling software underestimated the threat of storm surges to the Meadows Maintenance Complex, leaving millions of dollars worth of equipment in the rail yard before Hurricane Sandy struck.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: National Weather Service developed an AI system deployed by New Jersey Transit, which harmed New Jersey Transit and New Jersey Transit passengers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
536
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2012-12-10
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
reuters.com · 2013
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Transit incorrectly used federal government software that otherwise could have warned officials against a disastrous decision to leave hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment in a low-lying rail ya…
wnyc.org · 2013
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On the weekend before Sandy thundered into New Jersey, transit officials studied a map showing bright green and orange blocks. On the map, the area where most New Jersey Transit trains were being stored showed up as orange – or dry. So keep…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.