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8:59 AM EDT on November 1, 2012

    • Cuomo Declares Transpo Emergency; MTA Fares Free Through Friday (NYT, News)
    • Bill McKibben Praises Cuomo for Linking Sandy to Climate Change (WSJ)
    • It Was Faster to Walk Than to Drive in Manhattan Yesterday (NYT, WSJ)
    • Quickest Way to Get Around NYC Right Now? Take the Bike (Bloomberg)
    • More Stories on the Manhattan Carpool Rule (DNA, Post)
    • New Definition of "Carmaggedon": A Period When There Are No Trains (AP)
    • No Night-time Bus Service in Blacked-Out Manhattan Below 23rd Street (DNA, Gothamist)
    • Cap'n Transit Asks: How Would You Rebuild the Subways Better Than Before?
    • Kimmelman: Thumbs Up to Barclays Center, Thumbs Down to "Atlantic Yards" (NYT)
    • Read Up on All the Intrigue Behind the Decision to Postpone the Nets Home-Opener (AYR 1, 2)
    • The Post Played the Sandy Card Against Bike Lanes and Pedestrian Plazas. They Really Did.

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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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