Gas here is only 1.89 a gallon, but it's still way too expensive in my opinion. Knoxville is incredibly hilly, so bad in fact that there are absolutely NO flat areas at all that I can think of right off hand. Nearly every road is either uphill or downhill (or a constant mix of the two). About the only flat roads are the interstate and part of Kingston Pike (our main "strip" if you will). Most of our major roads have large shoulders and/or sidewalks so overall, Knoxville isn't a horrible city for commuters. Most people who use bikes around here are college students as everything is more or less within riding distance of campus except for Wal-Mart and Kroger. Our buses have bike racks on them, so that makes it even easier to go without a car here.