The cost of filling up is continuing to frustrate drivers in the Bronx\u00a0during Memorial Day weekend, with some residents saying rising gas prices are forcing them to cut back on travel plans, or stay home altogether.<\/p>\n
According to AAA, gas prices in New York City are the highest they have been since the summer of 2022. At one gas station in Soundview, regular gas was selling for more than $4.50 per gallon Saturday.<\/p>\n
During Memorial Day weekend last year, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in New York City was $3.17.<\/p>\n
Doureima Zongo, who drives an Access-A-Ride bus, which\u00a0transports people with disabilities, said the rising prices have taken a toll.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spend a lot now,\u201d Zongo said.<\/p>\n
Zongo said filling his tank from empty to full can cost between $130 and $140 because of the size of his vehicle. Still, Zongo said the Soundview station was cheaper than many others he has seen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the cheapest, lots of other places are $5,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
AAA says the average price for regular gas in New York City is $4.66 per gallon.<\/p>\n
Even so, some drivers said those prices remain unaffordable.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d said Marcos Roman, a Soundview resident who said he no longer fills his tank completely.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not even half… it\u2019s like a quarter,\u201d Roman said while pointing to the amount of gas he purchased.<\/p>\n
When asked why he only filled part of his tank, Roman replied, \u201c’Cause\u00a0it\u2019s expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tarek Majumder said he nearly canceled plans to travel to upstate New York for Memorial Day weekend because of gas prices.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrices are way crazy… going there and coming back is\u00a0going to be two full tanks, 100 bucks, supposed to be 50 bucks,\u201d Majumder said.<\/p>\n
Others said they decided not to travel at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m staying put. I\u00a0can\u2019t go out nowhere. The gas prices are too high,\u201d said Fidel Rivera.<\/p>\n
Some drivers also said the higher prices are creating ripple effects across the transportation industry.<\/p>\n
Longtime taxi driver Mohammad Anamul Haque said he has noticed fewer fares as people cut back on spending and travel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe lose money in our pockets because fares do not increase, just the gas… if people don\u2019t have the money,\u00a0we don\u2019t make money,\u201d Haque said.<\/p>\n
Some Bronx residents said they are hoping prices begin to drop before the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cost of filling up is continuing to frustrate drivers in the Bronx\u00a0during Memorial Day weekend, with some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-242153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}