Uber and Lyft drivers feeling the pain from rapidly rising gas prices

Published March 14, 2022 10:00am ET



Drivers for ride-share companies Uber and Lyft are feeling road rage over skyrocketing gas prices, and many feel their struggles are going unnoticed.

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline on Friday sat at $4.33, according to AAA. That is not only the highest price that the United States has ever experienced, but it’s also a whopping 85-cent increase from just a month ago and more than $1.50 from where gas prices were this time last year.

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