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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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