Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart are dangling new incentives as gas prices squeeze drivers. We break them down.

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DoorDash launched an "emergency relief program" to combat rising gas prices on Monday.

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A senator is pressing the IRS to raise the mileage deduction that Uber drivers rely on to offset spiking gas prices

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Senator Ruben Gallego asked for a higher per-mile deduction from the IRS in a Thursday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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A new bill takes aim at retailers' sweetheart deals with suppliers — and would extend to apps like Uber Eats

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A bill Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is introducing on Thursday takes aim at backroom deals that impact the prices of groceries and food delivery.

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How much gig workers earn per hour across Uber, Grubhub, and similar apps

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Uber drivers ranked among the gig workers with the highest per-hour earnings in 2025, according to Gridwise.

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'Decline and recline': Uber and Lyft drivers are rethinking what trips to accept to navigate soaring gas prices

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Gasoline prices at a gas station in California, which has some of the highest prices in the country.

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The cost of Uber and Lyft rides rose nearly 10% last year — and now riders say they're cutting back

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Some ride-hailing customers say that they're cutting back on apps like Uber and Lyft as fares rise, according to new data from Gridwise.

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This ride-hailing app lets drivers negotiate prices with riders. It's one of the most downloaded in the world.

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InDrive lets drivers and riders negotiate prices for ride-hailing trips.

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Lyft salaries revealed: How much software engineers, data scientists, and others at the ride-hailing company get paid

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Lyft's stock plummets 16% as a disappointing quarter presents a setback for its comeback story

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Lyft's fourth-quarter results sent its stock 16% lower in after-hours trading on Tuesday.

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Driver's licenses aren't a rite of passage anymore

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As a mom of three kids, Christina Mott had been counting the days until her oldest son, Colton, got his driver's license.

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