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4 Good Things About $4 Per Gallon Gas

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's a bright side to almost everything, right? Even $4 per gallon fuel. If that seems like a stretch as you fork over another $80 to fill up your car, consider the bright side: 1) There's less traffic ...

The Old Man In The Buick — And The Return Of Drive 55?

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist GOP Senator John Warner probably doesn't drive himself anywhere; he is flown, or chauffeured -- at state expense and top speed. Which may explain why he is peddling reduced speed limits to "save fuel" for the ...

How Do Gasoline Prices Affect Driving Behavior?

In January 2008, the Congressional Budget Office put out a study examining the effects of gasoline prices on driving behavior.  While the CBO’s analysis is somewhat dated -- it's based on four years of data collected from metropolitan freeways in ...

If We Really Wanted To Save Gas…

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's an old saying about going around the block to cross the street that applies to our current problem with escalating fuel prices. We could be saving a lot more fuel -- easily and relatively cheaply. ...

Traffic Lights: Just Check Them Every Couple Decades Or So

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle officials said Wednesday [July 2nd] that they've synchronized signals at 258 downtown intersections for the first time in more than two decades and promised quicker, less polluting trips through the central business district will result. Drivers will ...

Atlanta Suburb Turns Drivers Into Fuel Pumps

It's a ridiculous concept, but somehow it seemed inevitable.  Check out this story from USA Today: The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb ...

Mass Transit And Freeloaders

By Bonnie Sesolak, NMA Development Director Last Friday’s Wall Street Journal had two articles neatly juxtaposed. The first was “Riders Swamp Public Transit” and the second “Revenge of the Freeloaders.” Seemingly, the two articles were completely unrelated, but not really. According to ...

Tired Of High Gas Prices? Don’t Ask The Government For Help

By James Baxter, NMA President I don’t like the idea of $4 gasoline, I doubt that anyone does. However, I like gas lines, closed gas stations, and no gasoline at all, even less. That’s what we are likely to end up ...

Reinstating "55," Are They Crazy?!

By James Baxter, NMA President The same forces that resisted the use of fire many thousands of years ago are still with us, only now they are advocating the return of the national maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Anyone ...

Will Plug-in Hybrids Save Us From High Gas Prices?

By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The hype about these vehicles -- which differ from the current crop of gas-electric hybrids in that they can run on pure battery power for longer and, when their batteries run down, can draw power from ...