Gas Prices
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Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes
Transportation Alternatives is looking for a few good sources to help handle all the media requests coming their way these days. Here's how Streetsbloggers can lend a hand:
June 6, 2008
“My Next Vehicle Will Be a Bicycle”
Like media outlets everywhere, CNNMoney.com is reporting with greater frequency on rising fuel prices, with headlines like "Six fixes for pricey gasoline" and "Bad news for Detroit: Miles per gallon." In a recent online poll, the financial website asked a question that is surely on the minds of many Americans: "The next vehicle I buy will be...?" In the non-random sample of 42,275 respondents, more people said they are leaning towards a bike than a truck or SUV.
June 5, 2008
Car Buyers Pick Their Poison: Free Gun or Free Gas
With Detroit increasingly desperate to unload inventory, one Missouri car dealership seems to have struck gold with a special promotion: Buyers get a $250 coupon towards either a gun or gasoline. The offer comes from Max Motors,
a small dealership south of Kansas City that has slapped
the image of a grimacing cowboy wielding two pistols all over its
website.
June 4, 2008
Cartoon Tuesday: Mode Switch
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.
June 3, 2008
New York Suffering From Bike Shortage
Customers check out the selection at Bicycle Habitat in SoHo
May 30, 2008
Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say “High Gas Prices”?
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 -- working to keep gasoline as accessible as possible.
May 28, 2008
National Poll: Americans Expect Gas Prices to Rise More
Fifteen Percent Live Near Convenient Transit Options
May 27, 2008
Alabama Students Walk to School to Protest Gas Prices
On their way to class, Brooks High students brave the shoulder along route 72.
May 23, 2008
Chrysler: Let’s Ruin America!
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.
May 20, 2008