{"id":6142,"date":"2022-03-17T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:11:10","slug":"uber-lyft-and-taxis-adding-fuel-surcharges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2022\/03\/17\/uber-lyft-and-taxis-adding-fuel-surcharges\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber, Lyft, and Taxis Adding Fuel Surcharges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/gas-prices.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6143\" width=\"293\" height=\"210\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is hard to not notice the rising cost of fuel these days. With the US average for a gallon of gasoline hitting $4.30 this week many are starting to feel the effects on their wallets. One of the hardest hit professions is taxi and rideshare drivers who depend on low gas prices to earn their living. In an effort to help offset the fuel hike, taxi companies and ride-hailing services are starting to impose \u201cfuel surcharges\u201d. This means you may notice your ride costing a bit more, starting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, Uber was the first to impose\na surcharge of 45 to 55 cents on rides, depending on location. The company is\nalso imposing a surcharge of 35 or 45 cents on Uber Eats orders to help the\nfood couriers. Uber states that the surcharges are based on average trip\ndistances and the increase in gas prices in each state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyft quickly followed suit, adding a\n55 cent surcharge. Both Uber and Lyft are keeping their surcharges in effect\nfor 60 days and have stated that they will continue to monitor gas prices and\nmake any necessary changes over the coming weeks. All surcharges are going\ndirectly to the drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country, city taxi\ncompanies are taking the initiative from Uber and Lyft and adding their own surcharge,\nusually a $1 fee on every taxi journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These fuel surcharges are very\nwelcomed by drivers who have been pushing for relief for weeks now. And, with\nfuel prices expected to continue to soar after President Biden\u2019s decision to\nban the import of Russian oil, transportation and logistics personnel say further\nsurcharges on travel and shipping are likely to become more widespread over the\nnext couple months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is hard to not notice the rising cost of fuel these days. With the US average for a gallon of gasoline hitting $4.30 this week many are starting to feel the effects on their wallets. One of the hardest hit professions is taxi and rideshare drivers who depend on low gas prices to earn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[116,5],"tags":[1777,1776,1778,317,32,68,1779,14,131,1780],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6466,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions\/6466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}