Talking Transportation 2023
Gas Tax Holiday Over, and Connecticut’s Crazy Zone Pricing, of Course, Is Still With Us
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Connecticut’s free bus fares are gone and lawmakers have allowed gas taxes to rise to 20 cents a gallon as of April 1. But the end of our state’s “gas tax holiday” on Saturday isn’t the reason gasoline prices vary so much from town to town. Just why does gasoline cost 60 cents a gallon more in Greenwich than in Bridgeport — 84 cents a gallon more compared to Hartford and 90 cents a gallon more than in East Hartford? Is it because folks in Greenwich are richer and can afford it? Or is it because it costs gasoline station owners more to operate in that Gold Coast zip code?