Seasons may change, but the gas problem never seems to go away. But according to AAA, the Syracuse area wasn't hit nearly as hard this fall. The national average increased by 18 cents after Hurricane Ike; in the region from Buffalo to Syracuse, prices increased by only five cents.
"Normally crude oil is the key factor," Diana Dibble, of AAA Western and Central New York said. "But here in the U.S. [the storm] has played a greater role in the prices at the pump."
Those prices reached as high as $4.23 over the summer, which caused some to reconsider how much they drive. The national driving average dropped two percent over that period. In addition to not driving, Caroline Haynes uses another method.
"I don't fill up anymore," she said. "I put in $10 when it runs out, at the most 20 and that's all I can do."
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