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MORPC revealed the results of their recent "Shape Our Future" survey, (full story can be found here: "MORPC Outlines the Future of the Region" and one of the more interesting portion dealt with questions of where people think gas prices will be in a few years, and at what pricepoint would people alter their driving habits. To quote Chester Jourdan, ED or MORPC in the article:
"We asked what people think gas prices will be like in the next five years. Most said three to five dollars. We are almost at three dollars now. Two summers ago we were at four dollars. We asked what price would gas have to reach for you to fundamentally change your community patterns? Four dollars is the number. The challenge with that goes back to the environment question, as gas prices and our great concern about global climate change continue to impact our communities, folks are looking for other ways to commute and get to work. But one of our challenges is that we are not nearly as invested as we need to be in transportation options. So it is a chicken and egg problem. Yes, that is a huge issue that is coming, but here we are disconnected from what we think things are going to be and where our public investment is."
I'm curious where most folks on CU lie with this survey question. What price does gas need to be to alter your driving habits? Or has it already affected you? Or have other factors affected you?
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