The CT hits the streets: Students weigh in on gas prices
Q1: How have gas prices influenced the way you travel each week? Q2: How have gas prices influenced your driving/traveling habits? Q3: What are your thoughts on rising gas prices? Why? Q4: In what ways do you think this country can make the most of the gas supply? Q5: Which one of these do you think would be most beneficial for students and others in the Richmond metro area: walking, biking, hybrid cars or carpooling?
Q1: How have gas prices influenced the way you travel each week?
Q2: How have gas prices influenced your driving/traveling habits?
Q3: What are your thoughts on rising gas prices? Why?
Q4: In what ways do you think this country can make the most of the gas supply?
Q5: Which one of these do you think would be most beneficial for students and others in the Richmond metro area: walking, biking, hybrid cars or carpooling?
Abraham Nganga, Male, 21, Senior, Sports Management
Q1: They’ve limited my traveling. I walk a lot.
Q2: Rarely turn the AC on. I speed less and only drive when I have to.
Q3: Ridiculous, because its too much money and they know everybody’s going to have to pay that amount for gas.
Q4: Distribute it evenly among the states.
Q5: Hybrid cars, because at a stoplight it automatically shuts off gas and switches to electricity.
Christine Taylor, Female, 18, First-year, Elementary education
Q1: If they are high, I wouldn’t drive. I’d just drive my bike.
Q2: Carpool with people to split the cost.
Q3: I don’t like it, and I will move to an area where a car is not needed.
Q4: If a lot more people stop using cars then gas prices will drop.
Q5: Biking and carpooling and using public transportation.
Deepthi Moola, Female, 20, Senior, Biomedical engineering
Q1: Well, indirectly, because my friends have cars.
Q2: Not at the moment.
Q3: It sucks. One of my friends in Georgia pays $5.00 for gas.
Q4: Carpooling would be a huge deal.
Q5: No response.
Keith Alexander, Male, 22, Senior, Theater
Q1: Not really affected. I walk.
Q2: I would drive slower.
Q3: I think it’s supposed to raise and fluctuate.
Q4: Carpooling and public transportation are a must.
Q5: Biking, because it’s a condensed area.
