Rideshare company Lyft has followed its competitor, Uber, in adding a fuel surcharge to customers due to soaring gas prices.
prices we’ll be asking riders to pay a temporary fuel surcharge, all of which will go to drivers," statement went on to say, adding, "We’ll share more details shortly."
Vehicles wait in line to refuel at a Costco gas station in the South of Downtown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.made the same move last week, announcing that the cost of each Uber trip would be going up either 45 cents or 55 cents, and each Uber Eats order would increase by 35 cents or 45 cents depending on location.
Gas prices gradually rose over the past year before surging to record heights following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month.
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