Gas Rationing to Start Tomorrow

In the face of gas shortages that he expects to last for several more weeks, Mayor Bloomberg is taking significant action so that drivers can buy gas only on alternate days.

Beginning at 6am tomorrow morning, license plates that end with an odd number or a letter can only buy gas on odd days (such as Friday, November 9). License plates that end with even numbers or zero can only buy gas or diesel on even number days (such as Saturday, November 10).

Police will be deployed to enforce the order.

At present, the city estimates that 28% of city gas stations are open, well below the average in the region. Other action taken by the government include lifting the Jones Act allowing more fuel to arrive in port from foreign flagged vessels, described by the Mayor as important but “not enough.”

What have you been seeing out there lately, and do you think this will help?