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 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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