Cartoon Tuesday: Back to School

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With rising gas prices crippling school bus fleets across the U.S., Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsay offers an intriguing new school transportation idea. Click through to see it.

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Cartoon Tuesday: Mode Switch

By Ben Fried |
This number from cartoonist Bob Lafay makes a good companion to last week’s news that some bike models are in short supply throughout New York City, perhaps reflecting the effect of gas prices on manufacturers’ inventories. The panic subsides once you start pedaling.

Driving’s Long Decline in Oregon

By Angie Schmitt |
Call it peak driving, or the end of an era: Americans are driving less. The slump that began before the recession has continued into the period of economic and job growth, and no one seems to know exactly what’s causing it. It may not surprise you that the state of Oregon was a bit precocious […]

Alabama Students Walk to School to Protest Gas Prices

By Ben Fried |
On their way to class, Brooks High students brave the shoulder along route 72. Perhaps taking a page from their peers in New Jersey, students at Brooks High in Florence, Alabama are ditching their cars in favor of walking to school. The Times Daily of northwest Alabama reports: Students began wondering how much they could […]

Going Back-to-School in the Age of the $4 Gallon

By Brad Aaron |
Today is the first day of class for New York City public school students, while other districts across the country have been in session for weeks. The Times reports that some are grappling with how to get kids to and from school in the face of $4-per-gallon gasoline. Schools in many states have cut bus […]

Cartoon Tuesday: It’s (Not) Funny Because It’s True

By Brad Aaron |
This AM New York cartoon, currently making the rounds on e-mail, was surely a ridiculous exaggeration when first published in 2004. But it’s not as far off the mark today. As the Times reports, Florida is the latest state to start giving away free "gas for life" as a lottery prize. And though the jackpot, […]