Month: July 2021

AAA: Massachusetts Gas Prices Remain the Same

Posted on July 19, 2021

Westwood, MA, July 19, 2021 — Massachusetts’s average gas price is the same as last week, averaging $3.02 per gallon. Today’s price is 7 cents higher than a month ago ($2.95), and 89 cents higher than July 19, 2020 ($2.13). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 15 cents lower than the national average.   One of…

Drivers Shift Gears as Pandemic Curbs Driving Habits, Traffic Patterns, Says AAA

Posted on July 15, 2021

It’s not surprising Americans spent most of 2020 rubbernecking in their living rooms. Now, a new AAA study describes just how much Covid-19 affected those habits and commuting patterns last year.   “It’s widely recognized Covid profoundly changed the way we traveled,” said Fran Mayko, AAA Northeast spokeswoman. “The study shows how drastically those changes…

Pandemic Pause: Americans Cut Driving Nearly in Half In Early Stage of COVID Crisis

Posted on July 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions in the spring of 2020, such as stay-at-home orders, led to a drastic drop in U.S. road travel. New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s New American Driving Survey (2020) provides compelling data that examines the types of trips and the characteristics of the people who altered…

Pandemic Pause: Americans Cut Driving Nearly in Half In Early Stage of COVID Crisis

Posted on July 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions in the spring of 2020, such as stay-at-home orders, led to a drastic drop in U.S. road travel. New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s New American Driving Survey (2020) provides compelling data that examines the types of trips and the characteristics of the people who altered…

AAA Northeast Celebrates New Rear Seat Belt Law

Posted on July 13, 2021

AAA Northeast applauds the passage of a mandatory back-seat seat belt law during the recent legislative session, a law that’s expected to save lives and reduce fatalities and injuries on Connecticut roadways.   The provision, which requires all passengers, no matter where they sit in a vehicle, to buckle up, was part of a State…

State Gas Prices Are High, But . . . Not As High as 18 Other States

Posted on July 12, 2021

Connecticut drivers: don’t feel bad we’re paying higher prices at the pump this week. That’s because there are 18 other states – including New York and New Jersey — paying more than us, says AAA Northeast.   In fact, for the second consecutive week Connecticut’s average gas price of $3.15 is the same as the…

AAA: Rhode Island Gas Prices Up Two Cents

Posted on July 12, 2021

Providence, R.I., July 12, 2021 — Rhode Island’s average gas price is up 2 cents from last week ($3.01), averaging $3.03 per gallon. Today’s price is 6 cents higher than a month ago ($2.97) and 90 cents higher than July 12, 2020 ($2.13). Rhode Island’s average gas price is 11 cents lower than the national…

AAA: Massachusetts Gas Prices Up Two Cents

Posted on July 12, 2021

Westwood, MA, July 12, 2021 — Massachusetts’s average gas price is up 2 cents from last week ($3.00), averaging $3.02 per gallon. Today’s price is 8 cents higher than a month ago ($2.94), and 89 cents higher than July 12, 2020 ($2.13). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 12 cents lower than the national average. “Peak…

National, CT Gas Prices Neck-and-Neck at $3.13

Posted on July 6, 2021

The dust has settled; the hype has subsided, but average gas prices continue to rise following record-breaking July 4th travel. As of today, prices on the statewide and national levels are neck-and-neck at $3.13, says AAA Northeast.   Because crude oil hit $76 a barrel – a seven-year high – prices on both the state…

SEARING HEAT PRESENTS DANGER TO CHILDREN AND PETS

Posted on July 6, 2021

On average, thirty-eight children younger than 15 die from heatstroke every year after being left in a hot vehicle. In both 2018 and 2019, a record number of 53 children died after being left unattended in steaming cars, and since 1998, 890 children have lost their lives due to vehicular heatstroke. Almost every state has experienced a…

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