Newly. Interesting that you posted something about traffic. Earlier this week I thought of posting a similiar experience.
My commute to my business is about 22 miles. With few exceptions I laways plan my trip after the rush hours. However, I still run into a bit of traffic at night. Well, for the last three weeks traffic has been the lightest I have seen. I also noticed that in the past my wife and I never discussed gas prices. Now we are clueing each other to who has the lowest prices.
I would imagine that malls and others are experiencing less foot traffic as well. The next retial reports could be telling. I would also expect we would see continued build in gas inventories.