Gas prices fall just as travelers hit the highway - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Albuquerque has the least expensive gas in the stateat $2.54, a 6-cent drop since last week, whilee Las Cruces and Santa Fe prices are at $2.60. Prices still remain well below where they were ayear ago, when the nationao average was $4.09 and New Mexico motorists were paying $4.01. “This is the time of the year when gasolinwprices peak, and that was the case last year when pricea jumped in most cities to above $4 a said AAA New Mexico spokesperson Sarah Schimmer. “Thiz year, prices remain nearly $1.50 below their high last Officials say the lower prices are not expectede to have a majot impact on the number of peopld traveling over the Fourth ofJuly holiday.
AAA New Mexic is projecting that travel in theMountaimn States, which include New Mexico, will see a slight increase of 1.2 percentt this Fourth of July weekend compared to last AAA predicts nearly 2.6 million peoplde in the region will Of the nine regions in the U.S, only the Mountaih region is expected to show an The Mountain States include Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Nearly 2.1 million people will while 250,000 will fly and 250,000 will take a bus or U.S. travelers on vacation this weekend willdecrease 1.9 percenr from 2008 figures, with approximatelu 37.1 million travelers takingb a trip of 50 or more milea away from home. Last 37.
8 million Americans traveled during thesame period. That was a 10.5 perceng decline from the 42.3 million travelers who vacationedcin 2007. The Fourth of July holiday is typicalluy the busiest time of year for automobile since nearlyall school-aged children are on break and parentss are more likely to take familh vacations. •National $2.63 •New Mexico $2.6q2 •Texas $2.49 •Albuquerque $2.54 •Las Crucexs $2.60 •Santa Fe area $2.60 •Flagstafvf (Ariz.) $2.76 •Tucson (Ariz.) $2.48 •Denver (Colo.) $2.498 •Durango (Colo.) $2.69 •Las Vegas (Nev.) $2.69o •Amarillo (Tex.) $2.44 •El Paso $2.
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