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By Ben Fried

8:59 AM EDT on October 31, 2012

It Could Take Weeks to Get the Subways Fully Running Again (Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ)
Climate Change Doesn’t Mix With Booming Development in the NYC Floodplain (CapNY)
Cuomo, Assessing NYC’s Vulnerability, Almost Says the Words “Climate Change” (NYT, TransNat)
We’ll Need the Transit System to Bounce Back to Help Prevent More Sandies (MTR)
Video: Flooding at South Ferry/Whitehall Station (2nd Ave Sagas)
Nicole Gelinas: NYC Sans Subways = Economic Disaster (Post)
Hey Everybody, Free Buses Today (DNA)
Cap’n Transit Has a Few Emergency Transportation Tips
With Region’s Railways Down, Car Commuters Feeling Extra Miserable This Morning (AP)
PPW Bike Lane Spares Car Owners From Sandy’s Wrath (@BrooklynSpoke)

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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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