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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

Green Car Congress

per gallon (gal) in 2018, 30 cents/gal (13%) higher than in 2017 and 57 cents/gal higher than in 2016. gal at least once in 2018. The national price for gasoline declined for 12 weeks in a row at the end of 2018, which marked the longest consecutive weekly drop since the 17-week decline from October 2014 through January 2015.

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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

The Truth About Cars

Matt wrote earlier about 15-minute cities by featuring plans being made in Cleveland. Boston is bad, too. And I spent significant time in Baltimore from 2015-2018 -- driving in Maryland is an experience that I'd not wish on my enemies. Other drivers wouldn't let them in, and two lanes of traffic got clogged.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

We routinely drive to see our daughter in Washington, DC and have driven to Cleveland, Boston, New York and Charleston, SC without concern. In light of the current spike in gasoline prices, the savings on fueling costs with EVs are even greater. Vehicle safety is very important to me and many others.