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"Slugging" In San Francisco
We began our long trip on the Bay Bridge, only we did it with two extra passengers, two complete strangers.
We were "slugging," a kind of commuting that's more popular than ever, given the record rise in gas prices. It's unusual (some would even say dangerous), but it can save money — sluggers don't pay for gas — and a lot of time.
Here's how slugging works: A driver who needs more passengers so he or she can get into the HOV lane (high occupancy vehicle lane) pulls up to a spot where slugs congregate. By now the system is well organized. There are designated pick-up and drop-off points, no matter what bridge you need to get across here in San Francisco. No money is exchanged because both people get something out of the deal. The slug needs a ride. The driver needs two extra bodies, so he or she can use the much faster, less-congested HOV lane, which requires at least three passengers per car.
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We were "slugging," a kind of commuting that's more popular than ever, given the record rise in gas prices. It's unusual (some would even say dangerous), but it can save money — sluggers don't pay for gas — and a lot of time.
Here's how slugging works: A driver who needs more passengers so he or she can get into the HOV lane (high occupancy vehicle lane) pulls up to a spot where slugs congregate. By now the system is well organized. There are designated pick-up and drop-off points, no matter what bridge you need to get across here in San Francisco. No money is exchanged because both people get something out of the deal. The slug needs a ride. The driver needs two extra bodies, so he or she can use the much faster, less-congested HOV lane, which requires at least three passengers per car.
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The Journeys Begin
(CBS/EARLY SHOW)
She was in Manhattan as she charted her route, which she explained is "a bit shorter" than Jeff's. But, she added, his is more scenic. She's in a Ford Fusion.
Both have GPS devices along for the ride. Jeff kidded that he'd try to ditch his onto a semi somewhere, to throw folks off his route. He also demonstrated his in-car, on-board camera, joking that its presence would mean "Big Brother" would be watching at all times.
You can track their progress across the country in real time right here.
Check out Eye on the Road's Early Show debut! Just click on the monitor.
Starting The Engines...
(CBS)
Two CBS News correspondents, Nancy Cordes and Jeff Glor, will begin their road trips nearly 3,000 thousand miles apart: Glor will leave from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Cordes from outside The Early Show studio in New York City. As they travel across the country toward each other, they will report from towns and cities on a wide range of gas crisis stories beyond just rising costs. Think: possible solutions, including hybrid information and challenges for "super-commuters" in big cities. Viewers will get a first-hand look at a nationwide consumer crisis, as Cordes and Glor visit everywhere from emerging "bio-towns" in Indiana to RV parks in Nevada.
The series will also look at the ancillary effects of the gas crisis -– from the change in the average American family budget to the crisis' impact on social services programs struggling to keep costs down in order to stay in business. Even non-profits such as "Meals on Wheels" are spending more to drive less food to people in great need.
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