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Yesterday, ABC's Betsy Stark (subscription required) saw no evidence that rising fuel prices would change driving behavior until a gallon of gasoline is more than a dollar more expensive than it is now. As gasoline is already near an all-time high--$3.22/gallon national average compared with $3.29 in today's inflation-adjusted dollars--NBC's Tom Costello found contrary evidence in Atlanta that changes have already begun: "Carpooling, public transportation and telecommuting have all suddenly surged."
Both ABC and CBS tried to get away from cars for their holiday weekend travel stories--but try as they might still got stuck on that pain-at-the-pump motif for their news hook. CBS' Nancy Cordes went to New York's busy LaGuardia Airport: "With airfares down slightly and gas prices up a lot, 3% more people will take a flight this Memorial Day weekend than last." And ABC's Betsy Stark (subscription required) showed us a recreational boater and a motor home camper. A 47-foot boat at Liberty State Marina in New Jersey cost $826 to fuel up; an RV just $350. Neither will let "record fuel prices interfere with their holiday plans."
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