Gasoline rationing in the city might be extended through the travel-heavy Thanksgiving holiday.
“Some people say Thanksgiving is coming up,” Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. “A lot of people drive and fill up their cars. Maybe we should have it go another week. I’m going to think about that today.”
The odd-even license plate system at the pumps is currently scheduled to end Monday at 6 a.m., six days after New Jersey ended its restriction.
Long Island gas stations re-opened to all motorists today. But Bloomberg said only about 70 percent of the city’s stations are back in business, and, he argued, there was no harm in playing it safe.
“It doesn’t seem to be a hindrance,” the mayor said. “If, in the end, it protects you, why not run it for another five days?”
Blocks-long gas lines disappeared fairly quickly once rationing was imposed amid soaring prices.
The Sunoco station at Roosevelt Ave. and 72d Street in Queens yesterday was charging $4.89 a gallon for regular — highest in the city — according to NewYorkGasPrices.com.
The cheapest gas was also being sold in Queens, at the Exxon outlet on the Cross Island Expressway at Clintonville Street, which was charging $3.79.
The average price citywide was $4.04.