Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Global CO2 Emissions Hit a New All-Time High (Dot Earth) Schumer’s Response to $4/Gallon Gas: Blame Oil Refineries for Fixing Prices (NY1) Denny Farrell: Assembly Hasn’t Ruled Out Gas Tax Pandering (NY1) Gas Tax Holiday Mindlessness Spreads to Maryland (CS Monitor) 2-Year-Old Girl in Critical Condition After SUV Driver Hits Her on Marcus Garvey Blvd … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:08 AM EDT on May 31, 2011

Global CO2 Emissions Hit a New All-Time High (Dot Earth)
Schumer’s Response to $4/Gallon Gas: Blame Oil Refineries for Fixing Prices (NY1)
Denny Farrell: Assembly Hasn’t Ruled Out Gas Tax Pandering (NY1)
Gas Tax Holiday Mindlessness Spreads to Maryland (CS Monitor)
2-Year-Old Girl in Critical Condition After SUV Driver Hits Her on Marcus Garvey Blvd (News)
Two People Hospitalized After Three-Car Smash-up in Midtown (DNAinfo)
Vacca’s Transpo Committee Has Time for Bike-Ped Inquisitions But Not Car-Free Central Park (TransNat)
The Longer Our Commutes, the Less Happy and Healthy We Are (Slate)
NY Post Having Trouble Distinguishing Between Transportation Alternatives and Transportation Nation
Stream of Tweets Reveals Bizarre Depths of Charles Blow’s Windshield Perspective

Ben Fried

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.

Today's Headlines

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