http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/12/the-gas-needle-and-the-damage-done/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/12/the-gas-needle-and-the-damage-done/comment-page-1/#comment-99271 David Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:06:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=27901#comment-99271 Does that NJ gas amount include people from NY and PA who simply pay for gas while driving through NJ? If I am driving from New York City across the GW and then to upstate New York, I buy my gas in New Jersey, even though most of my mileage is in NY State. Does that NJ gas amount include people from NY and PA who simply pay for gas while driving through NJ? If I am driving from New York City across the GW and then to upstate New York, I buy my gas in New Jersey, even though most of my mileage is in NY State.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/12/the-gas-needle-and-the-damage-done/comment-page-1/#comment-99191 Michael D. Setty Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:56:09 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=27901#comment-99191 This analysis would be even more dramatic if the data could be broken down by County. But I seriously doubt that level of dats is easily available--it would take digging in the sales tax and gasoline sales records of all 50 states. This analysis would be even more dramatic if the data could be broken down by County. But I seriously doubt that level of dats is easily available–it would take digging in the sales tax and gasoline sales records of all 50 states.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/08/12/the-gas-needle-and-the-damage-done/comment-page-1/#comment-99181 Rhywun Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:53:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=27901#comment-99181 New Jersey is peculiar because it's almost entirely a bedroom community for NYC and Philadelphia. Thus, transit use to those cities is high, but for everything else you have to drive. New Jersey is peculiar because it’s almost entirely a bedroom community for NYC and Philadelphia. Thus, transit use to those cities is high, but for everything else you have to drive.

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