Lyft rolls out driver-relief program as US fuel prices climb

Reuters

Wed, March 25, 2026 astatine 11:01 AM CDT 1 min read

March 25 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing institution Lyft said connected Wednesday it volition rotation retired a impermanent ‌driver-relief programme successful the United States, arsenic ‌higher gasoline prices compression net for gig workers.

A crisp emergence ​in substance costs, driven by vigor proviso disruptions linked to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli struggle with Iran, is hurting gig workers.

The nationalist mean terms of gasoline ‌has jumped much ⁠than 30% successful caller weeks, hovering astir $4 per gallon.

Lyft's 60-day program, which volition ⁠run from March 27 done May 26, offers cash-back incentives and substance savings for drivers utilizing ​the Lyft ​Direct debit paper astatine ​eligible state stations.

Under the ‌initiative, top-performing drivers volition person an other 2% currency backmost connected substance purchases, portion mid-level drivers volition get an further 1%, connected apical of existing rewards that scope from 1% to 10% ‌based connected operator status.

The combined ​savings, including offers from Lyft ​partners, could scope ​as overmuch arsenic 94 cents per ‌gallon for top-tier drivers, based ​on nationalist ​average substance prices of $3.97 per gallon, the institution said.

Food transportation level DoorDash said connected Monday ​it was ‌launching a akin programme that would tally done ​April 26.

(Reporting by Akash Sriram successful Bengaluru; ​Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)