Depressing new map shows how far $20 of gas gets you in LA after price hikes

Drive across town? In this economy? A depressing new map reveals just how far Los Angeles drivers can go on $20 worth of gas today — and the results are beyond pathetic.Using metro-area average pump prices mapped over the local road network, plus an average of 28 miles to the gallon, the confounding cartography reveals what commuters in stretched-to-the-limit SoCal already know — it’s expensive to get everywhere.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story According to the map, drivers today can travel 29 fewer miles for the same $20 as they could on February 27 of this year — just before the start of the Iran war.That’s about from downtown LA to Long Beach.

The map was created by a crafty — and likely fed-up — commuter, who posted his findings to Reddit.Visualizing the geographic, real world impact of the price hikes was the point of the exercise, the creator explained — noting that every driver’s mileage, quite literally, will vary.Commenters debated about whether driver’s habits will change amid the rising cost of gas.

“Every time I see lifted trucks, speeding to red lights, all the insane behavior of LA drivers I have the same thought.Maybe it’s not expensive enough yet,” one observer wrote.“I think we won’t see any changes to driving habits until stations begin rationing gasoline,” a second said.“Gasoline prices can go over $9.99 and people won’t change stupid driving habits, mainly because they don’t realize that sitting in a drive-thru (instead of parking and waiting inside), going 65+, or flooring it to beat a red light eats more gas than they realize,” they moaned.“My monthly gas is about to be the same price as my apartment I rented in college,” a third commenter exclaimed.The pain at the pump for West Coasters...