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Texas Gas Prices Reach the Highest Level Since 2014
In Texas, gas prices are at their highest level since 2014. According to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the average price of regular unleaded fuel in Texas is $2.81 and $2.76 in the central Texas area.
The Fourth of July weekend led to record numbers of travelers across the state, particularly by car. According to AAA Texas travel forecast data, 3.3 million Texans are expected to travel by car, the highest in history.
Although Texans are paying more at the pump this summer, we re still paying less than the national average. For example, AAA says Texas has the third-lowest average gas price of any state in the U.S.
Gas prices are on the rise, in fact they are now at their highest here in Texas since the middle of Obama s final term in 2014. Right now the average price for regular unleaded fuel is $2.81 across Texas, and $2.88 in Smith and Gregg Counties, this according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch.
“The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded on average in the Lone Star State has increased by nearly 45% since the start of the year due to increased demand and higher crude oil prices as more people are traveling for leisure and business,” AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster said in a press release. “Market analysts anticipate this upward trend could continue through the summer.”
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Millions of Texans Are Traveling This Weekend
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Have you noticed there aren t as many people at the office today? If your office is anything like the radio station this afternoon, it s a ghost town, and I think I found where everyone went.
According to AAA Texas, millions of Texans are hitting the road and the air beginning today for the Independence Day weekend. Lucky.
Yesterday I wrote that nationally, 47.7 million Americans are traveling this weekend. That is a huge increase in travelers from this time last year. Of course this time last year we were all being told to stay home because of the pandemic and festivals, hotels, parades, and activities were cancelled nationwide. Not this year though. Travel is back. America is back traveling, and so are Texans.