Category: Connecticut

Following several weeks of gradual increases, gas prices in The Nutmeg State appear to have stabilized.   Today’s Connecticut average gas price for a gallon of self-serve regular is $3.07, the same as last week. Although prices have hovered around the $3.07 mark since mid-May, they’re $1.11 higher than this time last year.   The…

Drivers! Start your engines!   Even though 11% of the Northeast plans to kick off the unofficial start to summer with a road trip, they’ll be greeted with the most expensive Memorial Day gas prices since 2014, says AAA Northeast.   Today’s national average of $3.04 is a penny cheaper than last week, but pump…

Even though the national gas price average is the most expensive in six years, travel is bouncing back as AAA expects to see a significant number of Americans traveling over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.   More than 37 million people — a 60% increase over last year when only 23 million vacationed during the pandemic’s…

Today’s Connecticut average gas price of $3.01 is the most expensive it has been since early May of 2019, the last time the average broke the $3 mark, says AAA Northeast.   The shutdown of the Colonial pipeline that delivers 45% of all fuel to the East Coast is the latest factor pushing national gas…

Pandemic-weary Americans – many of them vaccinated and eager to scratch their travel itch – are flying the friendly skies. As of last Thursday, more than 1 million airline passengers traveled throughout the US for the 50th consecutive day, according to the Transportation Security Administration.   Before this streak, there hadn’t even been 7 consecutive…

At the start of May, the statewide gas price average is up 3 cents, while nationally, prices are up a penny, said AAA Northeast.   As we move closer to Memorial Day, the traditional start of the summer drive season, prices in both cases are expected to increase, said Fran Mayko, AAA Northeast spokeswoman.  …

Gentle folks, Start your engines! It’s beginning to look a lot more like Spring as the country sees a large jump in gasoline demand. This is an indication that drivers are filling up more often and driving more than before, said AAA Northeast.   Over the last month, demand has steadily increased, leading to higher…

Drivers are seeing little movement in gas prices on the national and statewide levels even though gasoline demand is increasing because of better weather and looser travel restrictions, says AAA Northeast.   In Connecticut today’s average price of $2.89 is a penny higher than last week, but 90 cents higher than last year.   Today’s…

People who use alcohol and marijuana – not necessarily while on the road – are significantly more likely to speed, text, and adopt other reckless behaviors when they do drive, says a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study.   These same drivers are far more likely to drive under the influence of alcohol and to…

Everything’s humming on the refinery front!  As production facilities crank out gasoline loads, national inventories are on the rise. Couple this with a drop in demand and lower crude prices, and drivers today are seeing a penny decrease in at the pump.   Today’s national average for a gallon of self-serve, regular is $2.86, a…