[dunewalker]

I question this headline also. From the latest weekly petroleum report(April 23rd):

"Total products supplied over the last four-week period has averaged 20.7 million
barrels per day, up by 0.8 percent compared to the similar period last year.
Over the last four weeks, motor gasoline demand has averaged nearly 9.3 million
barrels per day, up by 0.9 percent from the same period last year. Distillate
fuel demand has averaged nearly 4.3 million barrels per day over the last four
weeks, up 0.5 percent from the same period last year.

[GoghGoner]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kublikhan', 'A')nd you conveniently left out the explanation for that: early easter/spring break and more ethanol blended gasoline. Ethanol blended gasoline has around a 5% deficiency in MPG compared to MTBE blended gasoline(I don't even want to get into the discussion of how ethanol evaporates faster than gasoline). So even if the driving usage was exactly the same, we would expect to see at least a 5% increase in gasoline just from the switch from MTBE blend to ethanol blend. Also, I detest looking at small data sets like 1 month of data. It is more meaningful to look at data sets as large as possible. That way you don't have to worry about factoring in what day easter falls on this year and other minutia.

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', '
')
I can't help but laugh when somebody says 4 miles and 15 minutes by car is "close." Try walking it bubba! That will give you a much better appreciation of what life in L.A. will be like when the oil deliveries get intermittant.

[GeoJAP]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', '
')4 miles in a large city goes through some interesting demographics. Trust me if you walked the 4 miles you would want a bullet-proof vest walking past several blocks. There has been 3 killed (gang violence) in the last 2 months on the street that I drive down everyday. I go from a fairly nice neighborhood (home) then drive through a fairly bad neighborhood then drive to a commercial development (office) which is a nice area.

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GeoJAP', '
')
Yikes, and your state doesn't allow CCW/CHL either (unless you are one of the elite).

[Electric_Economy_2025]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', 'I') am happy to say I am part of the reduction in consumption.

Thankfully our offices moved out of downtown LA which was a 1 hour plus commute on the freeway from my house.

Now our office is 4 miles from my house and only a 15 min commute on surface streets. If I had to I could easily bike to work. I am just too lazy right now.

If possible, I encourage everyone to live close to work.

joeltrout

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Electric_Economy_2025', '
')

You don't have to start biking all at once , why don't you try one day a week who knows maybe you will like it more then you think and start doing it more. Also you can get a electric bike to help your ride at frist.

[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aahala2', 'k')ublikhan
I take it you work for the US media.
The title for the thread says "US traffic falls 7.5" but that isn't
at all what the article states. It says that traffic declined perhaps
7.5% in a particular county, the percentage of decline in the US
by EIA projection was stated as .3%. And that's gas consumption,
not traffic.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', '
')
I can't help but laugh when somebody says 4 miles and 15 minutes by car is "close." Try walking it bubba! That will give you a much better appreciation of what life in L.A. will be like when the oil deliveries get intermittant.

[gmaki]

I drive the 405 through the Sepulveda pass mon-fri at around 9:00am. Probably one of the most highly trafficked stretches in the country. I have noticed a significant reduction in traffic recently. It started during spring break which is somewhat normal but last week spring break was over and the traffic did not increase.

I went through the 101/405 interchange at 65 mph every day this week (9:00 am) which is virtually unheard of on any single day, let alone 5 days in a row, even the carpool lane is usually stop and go trough that section...

Maybe it just hasn't gotten back into full swing after spring break but those are my observations.