Gas Prices Up for Fourth of July Holiday Weekend Travel
On the plus side, you can expect lighter traffic than in past years, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
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Thinking of driving out of town for the Fourth of July holiday? We've got some good news and we've got some bad news.

The good news? There will be fewer drivers on the road. The bad news? Gas prices are higher this year than they were in 2012, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Gas Prices
The price of gas in the Falls Church area is $3.58 as of July 3, which is an increase of 21 cents over last year’s average of $3.37 according to AAA.
Gas prices remain at a level most Americans consider "too high." Half of U.S. adults consider gas prices to be “too high” when it reaches $3.44 per gallon, according to a new consumer index developed by AAA.
Fewer Drivers on the Road This Year
AAA Travel projects 967,000 people in the Washington metro area will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Fourth of July holiday, a 1.8 percent decrease from the 984,000 people who traveled in 2012.

The anticipated decline in holiday travel is predominantly due to a shorter holiday travel period and sequestration impacting family budgets, according to AAA.
With the holiday falling on a Thursday this year, it shrinks the holiday travel period to a standard five-day holiday, compared to last year, when the Fourth of July fell in the middle of the week, on a Wednesday, AAA points out.

This will be the fourth year in a row to see more than 900,000 Washington area travellers in the region going out of town for July Fourth. In 2009, only 686,100 from the area travelled during the mid-summer vacation period.

“For the fourth year, nearly one million Washington, D.C. area residents will celebrate the nation’s birthday with a trip, but the numbers are down slightly for the region over 2012,” said Mahlon G. (Lon) Anderson, AAA Mid-Atlantic’s managing director of Public and Government Affairs, in a news release.

AAA: Shorter Holiday, Sequestration Mean Fewer Drivers

“The decrease is largely due to the shorter holiday travel period and economic growth that is not robust enough to offset the impact of the sequester. Between now and September, some government workers will lose nearly 11 days of pay. This will cast a pall over the summer travel period.”

The population of the Washington metro area is just under 5.9 million and 16 percent of the population will be travelling this Fourth of July. The vast majority of the population, 834,600 people (86.3 percent), will travel by automobile. Another 71,800 people (7.4 percent) plan to travel by air and 60,130 people (6.2 percent) will travel by other means including rail, bus, cruise or multi-modal travel.

Wednesday, July 3 and Sunday, July 7 Busiest Travel Days

This year, 46 percent of intending travelers plan to begin their trip prior to the start of the holiday travel period (July 3-7), compared to 65 percent last year. The largest share of travelers (32 percent) on a single day will depart on July 3 and the largest share will return on July 7 (38 percent). Thirty-four percent intend to stretch their holiday vacation into the following week returning on or after Monday, July 8, says AAA.

Hey everyone, the GOP dropped the gas tax 17 cents on July 1st in Virginia!! Notice how our gas prices went down 17 cents??? Not!!!! A big windfall for big oil, and the GOP.

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Only a democrat would think that reducing the rate from 17.5 to 11.1 is "dropped 17 cents"...

MYTAXES can't do math... Wrote:
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> Only a democrat would think that reducing the rate
> from 17.5 to 11.1 is "dropped 17 cents"...

LOL

Actually gas prices at BJs and Express Stop in Burke did go dwon to 335 or so but many still wanted to believe we didn't know about the tax cut. But talking to a few people, they all knew that other than those 2 stations pretty much everyone is taking some extra holiday profits.

Don't forget - NOVA drivers get to pay a new additional "assessment" on "wholesale" fuel deliveries as well...

Suckers. BTW, enjoy riding that Metro from Dulles, m'kay?

Higher gas prices are a good thing. I say raise the gas tax, not lower it.


Gas Prices Wrote:
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> Gas Prices Up for Fourth of July Holiday Weekend
> Travel
> On the plus side, you can expect lighter traffic
> than in past years, according to AAA
> Mid-Atlantic.
> http://fallschurch.patch.com/
>
> Thinking of driving out of town for the Fourth of
> July holiday? We've got some good news and we've
> got some bad news.
>
> The good news? There will be fewer drivers on the
> road. The bad news? Gas prices are higher this
> year than they were in 2012, according to AAA
> Mid-Atlantic.
>
> Gas Prices
> The price of gas in the Falls Church area is $3.58
> as of July 3, which is an increase of 21 cents
> over last year’s average of $3.37 according to
> AAA.
> Gas prices remain at a level most Americans
> consider "too high." Half of U.S. adults consider
> gas prices to be “too high” when it reaches
> $3.44 per gallon, according to a new consumer
> index developed by AAA.
> Fewer Drivers on the Road This Year
> AAA Travel projects 967,000 people in the
> Washington metro area will journey 50 miles or
> more from home during the Fourth of July holiday,
> a 1.8 percent decrease from the 984,000 people who
> traveled in 2012.
>
> The anticipated decline in holiday travel is
> predominantly due to a shorter holiday travel
> period and sequestration impacting family budgets,
> according to AAA.
> With the holiday falling on a Thursday this year,
> it shrinks the holiday travel period to a standard
> five-day holiday, compared to last year, when the
> Fourth of July fell in the middle of the week, on
> a Wednesday, AAA points out.
>
> This will be the fourth year in a row to see more
> than 900,000 Washington area travellers in the
> region going out of town for July Fourth. In 2009,
> only 686,100 from the area travelled during the
> mid-summer vacation period.
>
> “For the fourth year, nearly one million
> Washington, D.C. area residents will celebrate the
> nation’s birthday with a trip, but the numbers
> are down slightly for the region over 2012,”
> said Mahlon G. (Lon) Anderson, AAA
> Mid-Atlantic’s managing director of Public and
> Government Affairs, in a news release.
>
> AAA: Shorter Holiday, Sequestration Mean Fewer
> Drivers
>
> “The decrease is largely due to the shorter
> holiday travel period and economic growth that is
> not robust enough to offset the impact of the
> sequester. Between now and September, some
> government workers will lose nearly 11 days of
> pay. This will cast a pall over the summer travel
> period.”
>
> The population of the Washington metro area is
> just under 5.9 million and 16 percent of the
> population will be travelling this Fourth of July.
> The vast majority of the population, 834,600
> people (86.3 percent), will travel by automobile.
> Another 71,800 people (7.4 percent) plan to travel
> by air and 60,130 people (6.2 percent) will travel
> by other means including rail, bus, cruise or
> multi-modal travel.
>
> Wednesday, July 3 and Sunday, July 7 Busiest
> Travel Days
>
> This year, 46 percent of intending travelers plan
> to begin their trip prior to the start of the
> holiday travel period (July 3-7), compared to 65
> percent last year. The largest share of travelers
> (32 percent) on a single day will depart on July 3
> and the largest share will return on July 7 (38
> percent). Thirty-four percent intend to stretch
> their holiday vacation into the following week
> returning on or after Monday, July 8, says AAA.

Do Libs always go into a meltdown whenever taxes are lowered? Do all Libs just hate the idea of people being able to keep their hard-earned money, because it means less for the freeloading welfare leeches?

Gloria r Wrote:
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> Do Libs always go into a meltdown whenever taxes
> are lowered? Do all Libs just hate the idea of
> people being able to keep their hard-earned money,
> because it means less for the freeloading welfare
> leeches?

Gloria its only good when the taxes are lowered. I love you, signed your small brain.

You know what they say. If you can't afford the gas then maybe you should try pedaling.

People must really be living close to the edge if a few cents more per gallon makes them scrap holiday travel plans.

Even a dollar a gallon increase shouldn't stop anybody who handles their finances properly.

Gloria r Wrote:
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> Do Libs always go into a meltdown whenever taxes
> are lowered? Do all Libs just hate the idea of
> people being able to keep their hard-earned money,
> because it means less for the freeloading welfare
> leeches?


Doesn't look like many taxes lowered
In fact looks like a lot more raised
Just saying.....

I'd rather see gas taxes much higher and other taxes lower. The money has to come from somewhere. Let's stick it to the overcompensating losers in their giant ugly gas guzzlers.


Revenue inhancements Wrote:
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> Gloria r Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Do Libs always go into a meltdown whenever
> taxes
> > are lowered? Do all Libs just hate the idea of
> > people being able to keep their hard-earned
> money,
> > because it means less for the freeloading
> welfare
> > leeches?
>
>
> Doesn't look like many taxes lowered
> In fact looks like a lot more raised
> Just saying.....

katiesmith Wrote:
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> I'd rather see gas taxes much higher and other
> taxes lower. The money has to come from
> somewhere. Let's stick it to the overcompensating
> losers in their giant ugly gas guzzlers.
>
And just how do you get around town, on a bike? Hopefully a hybrid or something that is fuel efficient.

I take the metro for fun and tasks and for work I take a bus and only rarely drive. I use minimal gas compared to most people so therefore comparatively it benefits me to have higher gas tax as it does anyone else who doesn't blow through lots of gas. Plus it gets the annoying SUV driving helicopter parents and overcompensating losers of the roads because they are usually horrible with money and can't afford a small increase because they stupidly blew all their money.



Broken Logic Wrote:
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> katiesmith Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'd rather see gas taxes much higher and other
> > taxes lower. The money has to come from
> > somewhere. Let's stick it to the
> overcompensating
> > losers in their giant ugly gas guzzlers.
> >
> And just how do you get around town, on a bike?
> Hopefully a hybrid or something that is fuel
> efficient.

katiesmith Wrote:
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> I take the metro for fun and tasks and for work I
> take a bus and only rarely drive. I use minimal
> gas compared to most people so therefore
> comparatively it benefits me to have higher gas
> tax as it does anyone else who doesn't blow
> through lots of gas. Plus it gets the annoying
> SUV driving helicopter parents and
> overcompensating losers of the roads because they
> are usually horrible with money and can't afford a
> small increase because they stupidly blew all
> their money.

Even today on the roads with the holiday, traffic is still bad.

MYTAXES Wrote:
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> Hey everyone, the GOP dropped the gas tax 17 cents
> on July 1st in Virginia!! Notice how our gas
> prices went down 17 cents??? Not!!!! A big
> windfall for big oil, and the GOP.

Actually I saw gas today just outside of Richmond for $3.16!

Guess I'll have to venture out from my parents' basement and go check out gas prices.