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April 9, 2008
Big Surprise! Gas Prices Up Again
This photo was taken on April 6 on Alameda near Union Station by LAist Featured Photos contributor ~db~.
This afternooon, The Guardian reports that "oil surged to a record high over $112 a barrel on Wednesday after a government report showed a sharp drop in U.S. inventories ahead of the summer driving season."
LosAngelesGasPrices.com has a chart and if you take a look at this link you might go "whoa." The average Los Angeles gas prices up almost 25% since February 2nd.
It was just yesterday that the price of a barrel of oil was predicted to be at $101.00. Then as of this morning, oil prices were poised to break through $110/barrel today. Well, it certainly did.
If you haven't tried your options (bike, Metro, etc), now may be a good time to practice. Heck, maybe you'll realize it's a pleasant experience and do it more often no matter where gas prices are. Take it from Fred Camino of MetroRiderLA who says "you haven't really lived in LA until you've lived here without a car. I swear I would not have stayed here had I not gone car-free... driving here simply sucks sucks and sucks. Living here without a car reveals to you LA the city, as opposed to LA the place between here and my destination."
Andy Sternberg contributed to this story
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I'm all for public transportation, but when I decided to save gas yesterday by taking the Gold Line and Metro Rapid bus from my home in Highland Park to my office in Westwood, the round trip took me FOUR AND A HALF HOURS.
Until they build the subway to the sea, public transportation is not a practical option for some folks.
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Yeah, Pasadena to Westwood is a lenghty trip these days. Well, anything to Westwood can be a pain.
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Yeah I'm in the same dilemma. I can take the train from Rosemead into Downtown but that took me an hour and a half when driving takes me 30 mins with traffic.
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commuting from the valley to claremont would take a long time and the metrolink stops running at an early hour, which is not feasible since i take evening classes. my classmate and i both carpool to class and we each have hybrids and that helps a lot.
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One of my new favorite things is filling up, now that I've moved from LA to Dubai... Gas is pegged at $1.42/gallon, here.
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"now that I've moved from LA to Dubai..."
Do you work for Halliburton?
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I know that station. That place always has the most overpriced gas in LA. Last time I filled up there, the only reason I was willing to buy gas from them was because my fuel tank light had come on.
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i wish there was a direct route from burbank to the pasadena area. i'd have to take the metrolink downtown, then transfer there to get into pasadena. just does not make sense. driving takes me about 15 minutes, tops.
what we need is a monorail going over the freeway, going from the 5 to the 134.
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You're right Christina and Burbank/ Glendale feel like death traps for public transit users.