Thursday, May 16, 2013
According to AAA, this is the summer for road trips.
Looking to take a drive this summer? You might be in luck. Across Maryland, prices are 41 cents cheaper than last year, according to AAA, and nationwide, prices are 32 cents less than they were at this time last year. See how gas prices compare across Montgomery County (all prices according to AAA): Place Average Gas Price (May 2013) Average Gas Price (May 2012) Chevy Chase $3.687 $3.936 Bethesda $3.704 $3.946 Gaithersburg $3.529 $3.800 Germantown $3.538 $3.810 Kensington $3.637 $3.868 Montgomery Village $3.536 $3.807 Potomac $3.799 $3.897 Rockville $3.548 $3.790 Silver Spring $3.635 $3.851 Takoma Park $3.622 $3.824 Wheaton $3.597 $3.812 “Remember that we had a huge surge early in the winter, in the early part of the year,” John Townsend…
Friday, February 22, 2013
Gas prices across the state and the country are continuing to climb toward the $4 mark.
Gas prices across the state and country continue to climb, with the average price for a gallon of gas in Maryland rising 16 cents this past week, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. In Maryland, the average price for a gallon of gas was $3.78 Friday, rising from $3.62 a week ago and $3.38 a month ago, according to AAA. Maryland’s gas prices were on par with the national average of $3.78 a gallon, up 14 cents from a week ago. Prices were higher in Maryland's Washington, DC, suburbs, with an average tank running $3.84, up from $3.65 a week ago. Gas prices have climbed for the past 36 days, according to AAA, with a run-up in gas prices beginning earlier this year compared to other years. “State and local gas prices continue to rise from coast to …
Gas prices across the state and the country are continuing their climb towards the $4 mark.
Gas prices across the state and country continue to climb, with the average price for a gallon of gas in Maryland rising 16 cents this week, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. In Maryland, the average price for a gallon of gas was $3.78 Friday, rising from $3.62 a week ago and $3.38 a month ago, according to AAA. Maryland’s gas prices were on par with the national average of $3.78 a gallon, up 14 cents from a week ago. Prices were higher in Maryland's Washington, DC suburbs, with an average tank running $3.84, up from $3.65 a week ago. Gas prices have climbed for the past 36 days, according to AAA, with a run-up in gas prices beginning earlier this year compared to other years. “State and local gas prices continue to rise from coast to coast …
Friday, January 18, 2013
A potential increase in the Maryland gas tax and the elimination of a gas tax in Virginia could trigger migration.
Would the promise of cheaper gas get you to cross the Potomac? Maryland's legislature will consider raising the gasoline tax for the first time in 20 years this session, Patch reported in December. In response, drivers might head south to "fill up in Virginia," a representative from AAA said. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could make the drive across the Potomac even more enticing, with the announcement that he will seek to eliminate his state's $0.175-per-gallon gasoline tax, according to a recent Washington Examiner story. While the disparity between gas prices in Maryland and Virginia currently is almost $0.13 per gallon, that gap could widen to as much as $0.35 per gallon if Maryland raises its gas tax and Virginia eliminates its tax, The…
Thursday, January 17, 2013
A potential increase in the Maryland gas tax and the elimination of a gas tax in Virginia could trigger migration.
Would the promise of cheaper gas get you to cross the Potomac? Maryland's legislature will consider raising the gasoline tax for the first time in 20 years this session, Patch reported in December. In response, drivers might head south to "fill up in Virginia," a representative from AAA said. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell could make the drive across the Potomac even more enticing, with the announcement that he will seek to eliminate his state's $0.175-per-gallon gasoline tax, according to a recent Washington Examiner story. While the disparity between gas prices in Maryland and Virginia currently is almost $0.13 per gallon, that gap could widen to as much as $0.35 per gallon if Maryland raises its gas tax and Virginia eliminates its tax, The…
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Some gas stations saw long lines of cars over the weekend, while others suffered losses and continue to wait for power to return.
Friday night’s storm affected Maryland residents and business owners in different ways, but just about everyone felt the need to get a full tank of gas. Over the weekend, gas stations that had power were flooded with cars looking for both gas and ice. Jim Kurtz, the owner of a Takoma Park Shell station on New Hampshire Avenue, said his station saw a tremendous increase in drivers looking to get gas on Saturday and Sunday. “We had lines down the street all day Saturday and Sunday,” he said. “We usually use around four tankers of gas (8,800 gallons each) during the week, and last week we used six.” Kurtz said the station ran out of gas on Saturday by around 6 p.m., was refueled Sunday morning and ran out again by Sunday night. He says he…
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Your trip to the beach for the 4th may not cost as much in gas as you expect.
As you prepare to take your summer vacations and Fourth of July trips, you’re probably bracing yourself for how much your drive to the beach will cost. The good news is it may not be as much as you expect -- or at least not as much as it used to be. According to AAA’s daily fuel gauge report, the average national cost of gas was about $3.53 per gallon, the Maryland state average cost was $3.32 per gallon and the average for the D.C. suburbs was $3.35 as of early this morning. These costs have been steadily declining since the nation experienced a peak average price in April at $3.94 per gallon, AAA Mid-Atlantic says. In addition, the national average has decreased by $0.19 per gallon, the Maryland state average has decreased by $0.26 per…
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
AAA projects more than 34 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles away from
home this weekend.
As families gear up for the official welcome of summer, AAA is projecting that more than 34 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home during Memorial Day Weekend. The travel club says the number of travelers is projected to increase by more than 500,000 from last year. More people will be on the roads instead of in the air this year, according to AAA. More than 30 million plan to drive to their destinations, up 1.2 percent from the number who drove last year. According to The Washington Post, retail gas prices dropped by a penny to a national average of $3.71 per gallon last Friday after a spike in April. The weaker demand is also helping to push down prices, The Post added. “The overall domestic economic picture …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Georgetown Prep Senior Rami Bedewi, 17, will travel from New York City to Washington DC in the electric car he invented with only one gallon of gas.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Prices at the pump have already jumped 45 cents a gallon since Jan. 1, 2012.
It's almost springtime and gas prices are, once again, creeping close to the $4-a-gallon mark, with some forecasters suggesting that prices could top $5 a gallon in the not-too-distant future. Prices at the pump have already jumped 45 cents a gallon since Jan. 1, 2012. At this time last year, this writer regularly drove around Chevy Chase and parts of Bethesda looking for the least expensive places to fill up the mini-van. Almost always, the excursions ended at the W-Express Station on River Road in Bethesda. This gas-consuming exercise is no longer necessary thanks to Patch's handy gas price search widget. But the same questions persist: What's behind the recent flurry of price hikes—Iran and rising tensions in the Persian Gulf? …
mikaih langster
2:24 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
we should all convert to electric cars so we wont have to pay these crude gas prices. Although our electric bills may suffer... gas prices will lower if no one needs it more ›