Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Prices

New York Suffering From Bike Shortage

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2008 | 11 Comments

Customers check out the selection at Bicycle Habitat in SoHo The Sun has a pretty amazing story today about New York bike shops. It seems they’re running out of stock as demand for bikes increases across the country. High gas prices are causing spot shortages of bikes in New York City, as commuters turn to […]

Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say “High Gas Prices”?

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 23 Comments

How obsessed is Washington with gas prices? Acting on a Streetsblog post from last week, a reader wrote Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman urging him to support legislation that would bolster funding for Amtrak. In response, Lieberman’s office sent a long, long form letter outlining the many ways the senator is — you guessed it — […]

National Poll: Americans Expect Gas Prices to Rise More

By Ben Fried | May 27, 2008 | 20 Comments

Fifteen Percent Live Near Convenient Transit Options By a margin greater than four to one, Americans think the price of gas is more likely to hit $5 per gallon than drop to $3 per gallon, according to poll results released last week by Survey USA. With a rash of stories about how drivers are changing […]

Alabama Students Walk to School to Protest Gas Prices

By Ben Fried | May 23, 2008 | 17 Comments

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 […]

Chrysler: Let’s Ruin America!

By Aaron Naparstek | May 20, 2008 | 40 Comments

Looks like Chrysler has figured out a novel way to move their 2008 model gas guzzlers off the lot. Sign up for their new "Let’s Refuel America!" credit card and they’ll lock in the price of gas at $2.99/gallon for three years. That’s right, it’s a 36-month guarantee that you don’t have to think about […]

Trucks Gone Green?

By Ben Fried | May 16, 2008 | 14 Comments

This image comes courtesy of TrucksDeliver.org, not the Onion. If BP can stand for "Beyond Petroleum," what’s to stop the trucking industry from claiming to "deliver a cleaner tomorrow"? Not much, apparently. In a story about the current practices of K Street lobbyists, the Washington Post reports that even the American Trucking Associations — a […]

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