[Vision2020] conserving gasoline

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

During lunch at the "City Repair" presentation last Friday, Tom LaPointe, 
operator of the Valley Transit bus line in Moscow and Lewiston, mentioned to 
me that the "magic number" in this area seems to be at about $2.70 a gallon. 
He said that when gas prices got to that level, he saw significant changes 
in ridership and inquiries.

Bruce Livingston

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Solomon" <msolomon at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:01 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] conserving gasoline


> the link below to a NY Times article seems to indicate that we've found 
> the price at which the nation's gasoline consumers start to seriously 
> change their driving habits. $3/gallon seems to be the magic number 
> resulting in an estimated 5-10% drop off in gas consumption over the last 
> two weeks.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/14cnd-oil.html
>
> Mark Solomon
>
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