Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Gas prices

I have been thinking about the price of gas. (haven't we all) I can afford it because I no longer have a car payment but I don't want to afford it. So I have been thinking of trying to not use the car at all at least one day a week. Then I continued thinking about the almost empty buses that go by here every hour. I think our bus service is one of the big pluses of this village and very important to many of our residents. I know they are trying to adjust the schedule to save us some money. I applaud that. I was wondering if it would make sense to have one day a week without buses. I think that would be easier to adjust to than cutting some of the runs. I haven't thought this through for what it would do to the drivers. I don't know if they work 7 day weeks. So far I am only thinking of the fuel.

Posted by Mollie at 5/20/2008 08:10:00 PM

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8 comments:

elaineb said...

Good ideas Mollie, maybe you could help UCO with another dilemma. Yesterday the Reporter people were bemoaning the fact that WHOLE AREAS like Sheffield and Kingswood (I forget the others) had not picked up their Reporters at the end of the 2nd day. No-one wanted to pay me to deliver them.
I just wonder how much time UCO puts in on consulting other developments and CV’s. I’m sure other places have solved some of these issues.

May 21, 2008, 11:43:00 AM
Anonymous said...

To elaineb

I cannot understand what saving on gas has to do with someone paying you to deliver the UCO reporter? ( Which is what you stated). To my knowledge MOST of the people who deliver the reporter are volunteers.

May 21, 2008, 12:47:00 PM
Anonymous said...

This morning I paid $3.919 a gallon for gas. This is really tough.

May 21, 2008, 12:49:00 PM
LARRY KALL said...

Mollie, I am sure that the Transportation Committee is considering all kinds of things to reduce costs, of which gasoline is only one item. I would also assume that one would have to look at our contract with Capri and see what it allows or does not allow. Would our residents be happy with one day of no bus service? To some residents our bus service is their only lifeline to the outside ( outside their own unit). Ridership of public transportation seems to be up while at the same time the cost of public transportation is also going up creating a problem.

One possible solution might be for our residents to make more use of our bus system leading to fuller buses and more efficient use of our transportation dollars. Most likely every business and individual is looking at how they can reduce fuel costs which seem to be going higher and higher each day.Big question is HOW MUCH HIGHER CAN IT GO? Is $5.00 per gallon for gasoline and $6.00 per gallon for diesel fuel far away?

May 21, 2008, 1:21:00 PM
elaineb said...

Dear cannot understand anon, let me explain, you do not need to read the side comment addressed to Mollie. Just read my last bit which relates to the gas CV transportation issue “I just wonder how much time UCO puts in on consulting other developments and CV’s. I’m sure other places have solved some of these issues.”
Or don’t read any of it just come up with your solutions.

May 21, 2008, 7:50:00 PM
elaineb said...

Prices from England, thoughtfully converted to $/gal by my friend over there. "The cost of living is going through the roof here as you may have read and, it's probably not a lot different from the US. Petrol is now about $9-10 /gallon and basic foodstuffs increasing rapidly."

May 21, 2008, 7:55:00 PM
Ken said...

I have a Sam's card and filled up this morning at $3.69. No telling tomorrow but that was today, 5-21

May 21, 2008, 10:24:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Driving standing still
You've probably heard that it takes more gas to restart a car than to let it run. Maybe that used to be true, but it isn't anymore. With modern fuel-injection engines, it takes very little extra gas to restart a car once it's warmed up.
Idling, meanwhile, burns about a half-mile worth of gas every minute, according to the California Energy Commission. That's why hybrid cars shut down their gasoline engines whenever they stop, even for a moment.
Now you don't want to shut your engine down for every little stop in your regular, non-hybrid car - it's not designed for that - but if you're waiting for someone to run in and out of a convenience store, turn off the engine.

May 23, 2008, 5:36:00 PM

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