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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Thursday that the city was imposing a gas rationing system — restricting sales to cars with even-numbered license plates on even days, and odd-numbered on odd days.

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a gas rationing system Thursday.

Also on Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put in place a gas rationing system limiting the days on which cars can get fuel, based on whether their license plates end in even or odd numbers.

In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie imposed a gas-rationing system last Saturday.

This weekend, the gas-rationing system in New York City, put in place shortly after the storm to help ease the demand at service stations, also ended.

The wait was about 45 mins and when I left a new tan — NYC GAS (@NYC_GAS) November 9 , 2012— ANDY NEWMAN Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, resuming his weekly radio show for the first time since Hurricane Sandy pounded the region, urged New York City drivers to be patient as they get accustomed to a mandatory gas-rationing system that began Friday morning.

The rationing system — restricting gas sales to cars with even-numbered license plates on even days, and odd-numbered on odd days — will be discontinued at 6 a.m.

In New Jersey, municipal officials and gas station owners said the rationing system adopted by Gov. Chris Christie cut lines in half almost immediately in some communities, curtailing demand on a system that will need at least several weeks to recover.

In New Jersey, where Gov. Chris Christie has imposed a rationing system limiting gas sales to even-numbered license plates on even days, and odd-numbered license plates on odd days, lines were noticeably shorter in some places, including Essex County, though many stations remained closed around the state.

Sunday also marked the third day of gas rationing in New York City, under a system in which cars with odd- and even-numbered license plates can fill up only on alternate days.

In northern New Jersey, gas lines dwindled at some stations after state officials adopted a rationing system over the weekend that restricted gas sales to cars with license plates ending in even numbers on even days, and license plates ending in odd numbers (or not displaying a number) on odd days.