Gas Price Average of $3.79 a Gallon Prompts Commuters to Ditch Cars

SBC ^ | 4/11/11 | SUSANNA KIM

[Nachum]

Have Drivers Finally Thrown in Their Keys? Mass Transit Sees Uptick in Ridership

Gas prices are now the highest they have ever been during the month of April and at its fourteenth highest nominal price according to data from the Energy Department going back to 1990. The average gas price is $3.79 per gallon of regular, according to the Energy Department's weekly figures released today, an increase of 11 cents from last week and 93 cents from a year ago.

As the average price of gasoline edges closer to $4 a gallon -- with at least one gas station in Orlando at $5.59 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com -- have drivers finally reached the point when they will switch to smaller cars or forego driving altogether?

[rintense]

Exactly right. Healthcare was the big enchilada. Anything after that is child’s play.

[Chode]

i don't know why, but we tend to stay right about 14cents above national average

[Marmolade]

Took a drive to a nearby town this afternoon and saw a low of $4.04 and a high of $4.15. There were lots of $4.08-4.09. One gas station was $4.08 going and $4.12 a couple of hours later on the return trip. Wonder what it will be by Memorial Day.