What are your gas prices today?

Daily commute distances can't be much different in both countries, or are you trying to say that Americans drive a couple of hundred miles to work each morning?

The motor gasoline consumption per capita seems to be significantly higher in the U.S., at least: http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/ener...iable-292.html

On topic: $8.13/U.S. gallon.

Not a particularly surprising fact - American car manufacturers don't understand that cars can have MPGs into double figures... low fuel prices mean that people don't care about squandering it, whilst the rest of the world, who are cursed with ludicrously high prices, try to make a drop last as long as possible.

I'm not trying to say either. With a small country, setting up commuter services can't be very difficult. Trains, buses, etc. In the US you basically have to drive unless you live in specific places.

The real difference is the age of the cities. Cities that grew up before the age of the automobile usually have good public transportation and are dense (because they had to be). Cities that grew up in the age of the automobile, especially in the US after the war, have prolific sprawl and little investment was made in planning for public transportation, because it was not needed. Again, with travel between cities, if the cities existed before the age of the auto, then there are rail lines with passenger service between them; otherwise, it's hit or miss.

Obviously, the average age of cities in the UK is older than those in US...

Down a lot to 3.65 How nice. A little more money in my pocket.

$4.05 over here, or $3.90 for the cheap shit.

I usually just taken the bus. $2 to and from, and I get a nice walk in, as well.

$3.85 or thereabouts. Nothing special.

too high!

but if you'd like a number its about $3.87.

Jeeze, where do you guys live? I've seen as low as $3.57 here.

104$ for unlimited metro card here in NYC... FTW

Unlimited for what duration?

Monthly

Seems expensive to me. Unlimited bus pass for a month here is $30. Probably still cheaper than gas.

Unless you travel a LOT I don't think you'd spend 104 a month on gas.

It costs me $35 to fill up and I fill up every ~10 days or so. So I spend about $100/month on gas.

During the semester, spend over $200/mo on gas. But I drive 100mi a day, too...

It costs me $35 to fill up and I fill up every ~10 days or so. So I spend about $100/month on gas.

How on earth can you fill up on $35? My mom drives a VW Rabbit and that is still like $50 to fill.

gas here is still under 4 dollars a gallon

I have a 10 gallon tank. Gas averages ~$3.50/gallon here. You do the math.

Seems expensive to me. Unlimited bus pass for a month here is $30. Probably still cheaper than gas.

Where is "here"? Out of curiosity.

104$/month gets you unlimited bus and subway. Subway goes everywhere.