are there so many effing cars on the road? rush hour is so bad now, I have ten miles of parking lot in a bus before the congested section of road. Seriously it's faster to bike home than ride the express bus.
if gas is so expensive, why
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Cars suck, I'm busing it for a while.
There was a cool Modern Marvels last week on gas in Brazil. Not only are they running a lot of e85 (made from sugar), but every gas station is required to carry all types of fuel.
There was a cool Modern Marvels last week on gas in Brazil. Not only are they running a lot of e85 (made from sugar), but every gas station is required to carry all types of fuel.
Our traffic got worse and worse every year since I got my license. After Katrina it became unbearable. Our population grew by 90000 overnight and has stayed that way. Our city bus system is electric and propane on longer-range vehicles.
I think that is one of the reasons why it is so expensive. Everyone needs a 5 ton vehicle that can hold everything they own. Everyone only lives an hour away from work.
The dip**** I have to share an office with has been bitching up a storm about traffic and gas all week. 6 months ago he moved into a house that was 60 miles away because he could afford a 4000 sq foot house there instead of a 2200 ft^2 house locally.
The dip**** I have to share an office with has been bitching up a storm about traffic and gas all week. 6 months ago he moved into a house that was 60 miles away because he could afford a 4000 sq foot house there instead of a 2200 ft^2 house locally.
Sounds almost as bad as the jackass I worked with who lived less than a mile away, but he drove because he just bought a 350z. You could see his apartment from the office.
I drive because it gives me a false sense of control. 
Becasue the home builders don't care - they just build more and more homes without caring if the city can handle it...
I think you can tell how well a city is run by the traffic, most of american cities are run by incompetant morons. But they are all rich...
I think you can tell how well a city is run by the traffic, most of american cities are run by incompetant morons. But they are all rich...
It's not the home builders responsibility. It's the planning department of the city/county that approves the development in the first place.
Blame your elected officials.
I can agree with that to a certain extent. At least here, TxDoT has as much to do with traffic issues as the city does, so the problem is shared with the state.
We also do have a large housing surplus...I won't even start on that issue.
Without traffic my house is 20 minutes away. I specifically chose it so I wouldn't be commuting forever, and I could still bike commute I ended up with a 1500 SqFt house when people I know were buying 3000 SqFt houses twice or three times further away. I'm as close to downtown as I can get without living in a ghetto, and it still takes me an hour+ to drive, and hour to bike or an hour and a half by bus.
It drives me nuts to hear some guy at work with a lifted F350, that lives 60 miles from work complain about gas and traffic when he drives that behemoth, no passengers to work. He must burn 10-12 gallons of gas a day.
I wish I was still riding to work! The freeway sucks bad, so I take Camelback into Scottsdale and it's a breeze despite the untimed stoplights. My Passat passenger door got smashed by a neighbor, so now I can be menacing towards all the Mercedes/BMW drivers and even started to slide into the lane of a Hummer the other day as a test only to make him frightened and slam on his brakes. I believe a latte got spilled!!!
There are so many more people on the road nowadays, Alot due to just what others have said, People wanted bigger homes, out in teh countryside, so now they have a more expensive house, further away from work and wonder why there is so much traffic. Same thing happened here, Up in good ole Yucaipa, Used to be Us out here in the middle of nowhere, now People from down in LA area, Newport beach area ETC have moved up to our newly found "Hotspot to live" and even across town traffic sucks. Not to mention what its like heading westbound on the ten in the morning, then of coarse everyone is heading home at the same time as well. I am just glad i live about 5 miles from work, ride, either roadie, hardtail, dh, or the Moto, rarely drive a car to work. Hopefullly some day we can get a handle on this crap.
Agreed, If you buy a big Ass gas guzzler, dont complain when your milage sucks
It's a known local statistic that if I drive an extra 20-40 miles a day, I can earn another 20% in income (per capita income in Charlotte much higher than where I'm at). not worth it to me. My commute is 10-12 minutes and I'm still spending about $40-50 a week in gas. I'm actually advocating for a greenway to make my commute via bike a lot safer - it's in the works. I plan on in the spring maybe driving 2 days a week, max.
funny thing about gas prices around here......after prices went up (this was at the peak last year) a bond came on the ballot to provide funding for the bus system in town, if it didn't pass they would have to cut bus routes due to a lack of funding.....failed miserably, not even close to passing.
I drive my truck once a week, if that. Its a 2006 Tacoma, gets about 24mpg, and I find that offensive.
My commute is about 15 miles, takes me about 35 minutes in the morning. My motorcycle gets 42mpg, which I feel better about. I can go all week back and forth to work for $9 in gas.
That's the only upside to the south I can find thus far. I can ride year round down here, as opposed to Norfolk where riding my motorcycle was almost like playing Russian Roulette.
I still think we start hitting oil executives, make the insane profits have a very personal and visceral cost to each of them.
My commute is about 15 miles, takes me about 35 minutes in the morning. My motorcycle gets 42mpg, which I feel better about. I can go all week back and forth to work for $9 in gas.
That's the only upside to the south I can find thus far. I can ride year round down here, as opposed to Norfolk where riding my motorcycle was almost like playing Russian Roulette.
I still think we start hitting oil executives, make the insane profits have a very personal and visceral cost to each of them.
dont get me started on fuel prices,
I had to laugh today, with how high patrol prices are I see Britain is threatening sanctions on the Iranian oil industry!
Watch the fuel prices go thru the roof if that happens folks!
Watch the fuel prices go thru the roof if that happens folks!
I am actually debating on getting a larger trailer since i am full timing it next years and living out of the rig all summer
Dude. You *gotta* pull a DRB. How can you tolerate working like this?
Owning a dented up, old, $hitty car rules!<snip> so now I can be menacing towards all the Mercedes/BMW drivers and even started to slide into the lane of a Hummer the other day as a test only to make him frightened and slam on his brakes. I believe a latte got spilled!!!
It's not their fault either. Cheap fuel prices helped create the 'exurb', where westy's knob coworker moved, by reducing the related transportation costs. High fuel prices have tarnished these developments and consequently impacted the housing market. There were loads of contractors from outlying areas working in what have historically been locally serviced communities this season.
Hows the 6.4 powerstroke treating you? My brothers 6.0 is a pos but I like the truck itself. I've got a 360hp duramax 2500hd chevy (work truck, haters).I am actually debating on getting a larger trailer since i am full timing it next years and living out of the rig all summer
i live about 3/4mile from work, i specifically bought a small house close so i would never have to drive to work. now i have a 4-5minute bike to work and some all-weather riding gear for the sloppy days, +fenders = me pretty dry, i need some better shoes though...my etnies get soaked...
i used to rent 10 min walk from work...for about 2yrs i drove to work 3 times but never drove home, i was taking the car in to get worked on and my wife picked it up.
its a sacrifice though cause my house is only just over 1000sqft
could have gone 2x's that but 35miles out...i hate commuting and i go home for lunch
i used to rent 10 min walk from work...for about 2yrs i drove to work 3 times but never drove home, i was taking the car in to get worked on and my wife picked it up.
its a sacrifice though cause my house is only just over 1000sqft
could have gone 2x's that but 35miles out...i hate commuting and i go home for lunch
That right there saves so much money and you can eat very well. I love being able to go home for lunch.
My summer commute to work is almost non-existent. I walk out the door and I am there. It is nice living on the property I build on. If it was not for this I would not have taken this job, housing is so damn expensive here $1300avg a month for a tiny 1 bedroom apartment
. For the winter I am looking at a 30 mile drive to the ski resort I will be instructing at. At least I will be going the opposite direction of traffic.
Nice! My parents travel in their RV full time and love it!
I picked this up a couple months ago....
