Comments on: How Do Gasoline Prices Affect Driving Behavior? http://blog.motorists.org/how-do-gasoline-prices-affect-driving-behavior/ News For Drivers Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:32:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: paula martin http://blog.motorists.org/how-do-gasoline-prices-affect-driving-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-8171 paula martin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:47:20 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/how-do-gasoline-prices-affect-driving-behavior/#comment-8171 Has anyone done a study on the amount of gas used to get from point A to point B if the driver is going 55 mph and is on the road an hour than if he were travelling at 65 mph and reached his destination in less than an hour? What percentage gas/diesel is used by the individual driver when considering all uses including military and transportation of merchandise? Has anyone done a study on the amount of gas used to get from point A to point B if the driver is going 55 mph and is on the road an hour than if he were travelling at 65 mph and reached his destination in less than an hour?

What percentage gas/diesel is used by the individual driver when considering all uses including military and transportation of merchandise?

]]> By: Judd Wiley http://blog.motorists.org/how-do-gasoline-prices-affect-driving-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-8157 Judd Wiley Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:24:26 +0000 http://www.motorists.org/blog/helpful-information/how-do-gasoline-prices-affect-driving-behavior/#comment-8157 "Recent empirical research suggests that total driving, or vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is not currently very responsive to the price of gasoline." Very interesting. This also makes perfect sense. Americans aren't going to completely reorganize their lives simply because gas prices are higher, i.e. they're not going to move to new locations or switch jobs. Since mass transit hasn't stepped up, they have NO ALTERNATIVE but to keep driving their previous routes. At the same time, some politicians are starting to push for lower speed limits, as another way to decrease gas consumption. Here are 2 recent examples: http://tinyurl.com/5632nb http://tinyurl.com/628q35 “Recent empirical research suggests that total driving, or vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is not currently very responsive to the price of gasoline.”

Very interesting. This also makes perfect sense. Americans aren’t going to completely reorganize their lives simply because gas prices are higher, i.e. they’re not going to move to new locations or switch jobs. Since mass transit hasn’t stepped up, they have NO ALTERNATIVE but to keep driving their previous routes.

At the same time, some politicians are starting to push for lower speed limits, as another way to decrease gas consumption. Here are 2 recent examples:

http://tinyurl.com/5632nb

http://tinyurl.com/628q35

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