Comments on: The Hundred Million Dollar Line http://www.tripplannermag.com/index.php/2010/07/the-hundred-million-dollar-line/ the art and science of transit Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:33:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: El Sue http://www.tripplannermag.com/index.php/2010/07/the-hundred-million-dollar-line/#comment-145 El Sue Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:41:49 +0000 http://www.tripplannermag.com/?p=206#comment-145 This is a great piece to make the argument for transit easily understood. Sadly, commonsense information like this fails to be persuasive to most people to ride transit. I began hearing people talking about genuinely changing habits when after gasoline had been $4.00 for about 2 months. I think it would be interesting to do a study to see what adjustments people made back then and how people have slid back into bad habits now that gas is cheap again (relatively). My information is purely anecdotal, but I heard a few people say they would give up SUVs asap--did they? I think gas has to go above $4 a gallon for several months before many people change their habits--either ride transit or start carpooling. This is a great piece to make the argument for transit easily understood. Sadly, commonsense information like this fails to be persuasive to most people to ride transit. I began hearing people talking about genuinely changing habits when after gasoline had been $4.00 for about 2 months. I think it would be interesting to do a study to see what adjustments people made back then and how people have slid back into bad habits now that gas is cheap again (relatively). My information is purely anecdotal, but I heard a few people say they would give up SUVs asap–did they?

I think gas has to go above $4 a gallon for several months before many people change their habits–either ride transit or start carpooling.

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