StreetWise StreetWise (April 13, 2005)

How has the price of gasoline affected your bottom line?
Question and interviews by Carol Palinkas. Photographs by Kevin Hagen. Asked on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.

Trudy Roughgarden
Musician
Sunnyvale
(Subaru stationwagon)
"Not very much, because I don't drive very much."

Tony Luh
Venture capitalist
San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
(Acura sedan)
"I'm driving less, that's for sure. We thought about hybrids, but there's a line for those cars."

Jan Kozelka
Preschool teacher
Moffitt Circle, Palo Alto
(minivan, bike)
"I should really ride my bike more. It's pretty absurd. You'd think people would be driving smaller cars."

Matt Podoll
Sales rep
Curtner Avenue, Palo Alto
"It costs me to drive, since I'm in outside sales. It definitely takes more of my resources to see people. It 's a hardship. It takes more money from the bottom line."

Jessie Gumban
Driver
San Francisco
"I don't really drive a car, but prices are crazy."

Bob Pearson
Handyman
El Camino Real, Palo Alto
(Ford Ranger pickup)
"I fill up once a week, so this affects me in a real way. The outlook is a little scary."

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