Gas Prices

[hkellick]

So.. a question (and another public entry!)

They're predicting gas prices to go up to $5 again for a while.

How much do you have to pay to fill up your vehicle before the price of gas outweighs the convenience of having your own vehicle? How much until you switch to biking/walking/mass transport?

If gas does go up to $5 or more per gallon, what do you intend to do?

Comments

[verticalface.livejournal.com]

If gas goes up to five dollars a gallon..

Sorry, they can shove it up their sweet little asses.

[kareila]

If I were still in Boston, I'd be all about the public transit, but it's not really an option here. People are carpooling like crazy, though.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

I currently take public transit to work. I walk for most of my errands. I always check flight and rail prices before taking a trip. I still use my car for trips that are logistically difficult using mass transit (whether it's to the hardware store to buy lumber or to my mother's house to visit). And I carpool when I'm going somewhere other people I know are going.

Given all that, I don't think the way I use my car will change if gas prices hit $5 or even $10 a gallon. I may choose to take fewer trips to visit my family, but I doubt it, as I don't visit them very often anyway.

[lainiest.livejournal.com]

Well, since I don't have to pay for gas... ~o~
But seriously, this is part of the reason why I intend to never own a car. I have legs, and once I move out of Olean I'll be going to a city with mass transit, which is cheaper than owning a car even with reasonable gas prices anyway.
I laugh at society's dependence on automobiles! C_C

[lwoodbloo.livejournal.com]

I'd carpool.

I've been thinking, quite a bit, about my next car. I love my big ol' sedan, but this city boy's gonna buy a mini.

Public transport makes my life easy. But if that's going to happen...I'm filling up tonight because gas is less than $3 by me right now.

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

I'll suck it up and deal, probably. What else can I do? My work is not on any bus line. The closest bus stop is a good 6-7 miles away, and with my asthma I can't count on being able to make that walk every day. I'll also be increasingly thankful we got rid of the Jeep.

[blackfelicula.livejournal.com]

I've still been cutting down usage somewhat from last price hike. It's not practical for John to bus to work, but I could catch busses to and from MCC if need be.

[angiepenguin.livejournal.com]

Heh. My car broke down shortly before the gas price spike, and it's been running maybe once since then? I've been taking the city bus to school and work and back for 2-3 weeks now.

With the price of gas these days, the cost of possible repairs for my car, and the fact that ASU gives a free bus card to its students, I'm thinking I'll probably keep riding the bus through the end of the semester, if not longer. And if I get a ride to certain bus stops (1.5-3 miles away, depending on which stop), it actually saves me time vs. parking at ASU and walking 3/4 of a mile from the parking lot. And I'm a lot more likely to be on time for class when I take the bus.

If gas goes back down to $2.75 or below (that's about what it was when my car broke down) or if I get to a point where I'm working more hours (and I will be during winter break), I might use my car again.

[hbbtrbbtbcnbt.livejournal.com]

It sucks. We have cut way back on little trips...if we run out of milk, we run out of milk. I've been more aware of this when I do shopping...we get 4 gallons of milk at a time, and that extra loaf of bread. We've gone to more pasta meals, cheap meals, trying to cut some spending there. Unfortunately, there's only one RTS route out of Victor, and it's not at all workable for Matt to go to work. Moving closer would kill us in rent, 'cause Penfield is freakin expensive. Thankfully, I just got a job, but if gas goes up that much, that's all my job will cover.