Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Prices

The Texas Transportation Commission could approve $600 million in road improvements for the Permian Basin this week, with little regard for the transit needs of the region.

Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | 3 Comments

An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.

Democrats Vow to Fight for Cheap Gas

By Angie Schmitt | May 23, 2018 | 107 Comments

Meet the party fighting for cheap gas and against global warming at the same time.

The New Climate Villain Is Cheap Oil

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 11, 2016 | 32 Comments

Long-term climate prospects brightened somewhat in 2015. Pope Francis put climate care on the moral and political agenda. President Obama rejected the Keystone XL dirty-oil pipeline. Denialist heads of state were routed in Canada and Australia, and their brethren in the U.S. faced growing ridicule. To cap it off, nearly 200 nations signed the UN Paris […]

The High Price of Cheap Gas

By Joe Cortright | Nov 19, 2015 | 11 Comments

At least on the surface, the big declines in gas prices we’ve seen over the past year seem like an unalloyed good. We save money at the pump, and we have more to spend on other things, But the cheap gas has serious hidden costs—more pollution, more energy consumption, more crashes and greater traffic congestion. […]

The End of Peak Driving?

By Joe Cortright | Oct 7, 2015 | 16 Comments

Cross-posted from City Observatory. A little over a year ago, a gallon of regular gasoline cost $3.70. Since then, that price has plummeted, and remains more than a dollar cheaper than it was through most of 2014. Over the same period, there’s been a small but noticeable uptick in driving in the US. After nearly […]

Putting the Recent Uptick in Driving in Perspective

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2015 | 7 Comments

With gas prices plummeting and employment figures rising, America’s per capita driving rate increased in 2014 for the first time in nearly a decade. But experts warn driving is far from back to its previous historical pattern. According to new data from the Federal Highway Administration, total driving mileage climbed 1.7 percent in 2014, higher than […]

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