Here is what I have noticed in the past week as gas as hit the $4 mark.<\/p>\n
I see more guys in business clothes on scooters with a funky helmet.
\nI see more parents with their kids walking to the store.
\nI see more cars with their windows down even in the 90 degree heat.
\nI see more cars driving the speed limit and fewer zipping by.<\/p>\n
What will $5\/Gallon cause?<\/p>\n
Will it be cheaper for people to share hotel rooms than go back to their exurb homes during the work week?
\nWill it make more sense to work four 10 hour days than five 8 hour days?
\nWill there actually be more carpooling?
\nWill people work from home 1 day per week?
\nWill we stop working crazy hours because we have to catch the next bus?
\nWill bike\/scooter safety and accidents become the lead-in gruesome news stories on the local news?
\nWill new construction actually become designed to be walker friendly?
\nWill people actually demand better and more public transportation?<\/p>\n
I find the last item most intriguing because whenever I hear people on talk radio complain about gasoline prices, not once do I hear someone say, “And what we need are more busses so I don’t have to take my car.” Let’s use less AND create ways to generate more.<\/p>\n
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