Tips About Finding the Cheapest Gas; Do You Really Need High Octane?

Alternate Routes: This tool offers between three and five alternative route options that may provide a more efficient route or that may lead drivers by gas stations offering lower prices.
Map Toolbar: Perhaps a lunch-break trip to the convenience store may save the gas it would take to drive there on the way home. The business locator, found on the map toolbar, pinpoints businesses in the searched area pertaining to a specific need or interest.
Pedestrian Routing: Running those errands can be even easier with simple pedestrian directions from MapQuest. The new nationwide pedestrian mode allows walking travelers to be routed down one-way streets, pedestrian malls, through parks and along designated paths.
Transit Routing: Additionally, a new rail transit option links the pedestrian mode with public rail transportation routing in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston, reaching roughly 90 percent of the nation’s rail ridership.***

“MapQuest updates gas and diesel prices up to seven times a day,” said Ann Koerner, director of consumer products, MapQuest. “We also know many Americans spend upwards of an hour commuting, which makes efficient route planning even more meaningful. MapQuest offers a variety of tools to make the most of driving trips, but also understand alternative means of transportation that may not involve getting in the car at all.”

Fuel Economy

A government site, FuelEconomy.gov, is maintained jointly by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and US Environmental Protection Agency. What are the features (and tips) that the site provides: