Originally Posted by Ziemas
How does this effect carfree people? Are you expecting a drop in consumer prices due to lower transport costs? Where's the connection?
The drop in consumer motor oil will have no benefit to those who are car free. My lightrail pass and monthly train ticket will not go down and neither will groceries, clothing etc. Public transportation over many years are effected by raises in fuel prices but this is rather minimal and to be expected. The government agencies do not pass on the fuel savings to the riders.
At the same time, rising fuel prices were not passed onto the commuting public. My lightrail pass is the same price as it was four years ago and did not go either up or down. This is why the motorist on the forum where upset when I posted that my transportation costs were not effect by the rising costs of fuel over the summer. They assured me my transportation, food and housing costs were going to skyrocket and that we better hope for low fuel prices. It didn't happen.
On the other hand, the motorist actually benefits from lower prices.