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Originally Posted by William Wallace  Why wouldn't it work? People have been changing their driving habits with the increased price of gas.  If healthy food was the same price as cheap food you do not think that would help a smidge? |
Maybe the increase costs of gas has effected driving habits in the states, but where I live, everyone drives the exact same amount. I don't know of a single person who drives less or takes the bus more because of gas prices. Everyone still drives around in their huge trucks and SUV's or all the other gas guzzlers on the road out there. Back in 2006, when prices climbed to $1/litre, translink (our bus system) added new routes and busses because they were expecting a huge increase in the amount of people who road the bus every day. Those people never came, and they ended up cancelling a bunch of routes because of it. Prices are now $1.30/litre, yet there are just as many cars (if not more) on the road today.
Now all of this is based off of where I live in Canada. I have no idea what things are like in the states (where gas prices are still lower.) Part of this is due to everything in the lower mainland (which includes Vancouver and all the surrounding cities in Southwest BC) is so spread out and it takes forever to travel anywhere by bus.