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Hey Atlanta, hitting the road for Memorial Day? You and 33 million others (and just as gas prices inch up)

MIAMI - JULY 11: Cars drive down Interstate 95 July 11, 2007 in Miami, Florida. Florida Governor Charlie Crist plans on adopting California's tough car-pollution standards for reducing greenhouse gases under executive orders he plans to sign Friday in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
MIAMI - JULY 11: Cars drive down Interstate 95 July 11, 2007 in Miami, Florida. Florida Governor Charlie Crist plans on adopting California's tough car-pollution standards for reducing greenhouse gases under executive orders he plans to sign Friday in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
By Michael E. Kanell
May 22, 2017

If you are one of the 37.3 million Americans about to travel 50 miles or more this holiday weekend -- more especially, if you one of the estimated 34.6 million who will do it on the road -- then you will not be pleased to know that the price of gasoline is edging up.

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Michael E. Kanell, the AJC's economics writer, has been reporting on jobs, housing and the economy at the AJC for nearly two decades. He has appeared on television and radio to analyze and report on business and economic developments.

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