NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2005
Gas Prices Fueling Changes
Jim Axelrod Hits The Road, Checking Out Prices' Impact
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Play CBS Video Video Gas-Price Road Trip CBS News' Jim Axelrod is gassing up the van and hitting the road to see how much gas costs around the country. He plans to travel the country to see how people are coping with the high prices.
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CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod gets set to hit the road Monday (CBS/EARLY SHOW)
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Photo Essay Price Patrol Pictures Two weeks, ten stops. Jim Axelrod drives from the East Coast to the West to see how gas prices are affecting everybody.
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Interactive Gas Prices State-by-state averages, tips to improve mileage and a look at what fuels prices at the pump.
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Interactive Motor Away Things to know before hitting the road.
Other stops include an Iowa town where tourism is booming, and the famous Nebraska state fair in Lincoln.
Twelve days from Monday, Axelrod plans on being at a gas station in Gorda, Calif., south of San Francisco, and home to the highest-priced gas spotted so far: $4.09 per gallon earlier this month.
Between here and there, Axelrod intends to find all sorts of ways the high price of gas is driving us all nuts; ways that maybe haven't even occurred to you — yet.
So Axelrod is filling up the CBS Price Patrol minivan, and hitting the road.
During his trek, Axelrod will record a video and text diary, updated throughout the day for CBSNews.com, with exclusive commentary about the places he's been and the people he's interviewed. In addition, CBSNews.com will feature exclusive, Web-only footage, as well as photo essays to introduce viewers to the people Axelrod and his team meet along the way.
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