CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Gas prices continue to soar, hitting drivers’ wallets hard. Delivery drivers who rely on their cars for work face added expenses.

Kevin Tran hops on his bike every day to make money through DoorDash. He empathizes with his fellow food delivery workers who are paying surging gas prices.

“It’s a strain not only on their cars and mileage but just their everyday expenses,” Tran said. “They won’t get paid until they use up their own money to spend for gas.”

He has not owned a car in close to a decade because of how expensive it can be.

“The last time I remember paying for gas it was probably the better part of $2 and even then for myself that seemed like an expense that I wasn’t willing to pay for,” Tran said.

According to AAA, Monday’s national average for a gallon of gas was $3.95. That is 24 cents higher than last week and $1.02 higher than last month.

A 19 News crew found a gallon was $3.99 at a gas station in Cleveland off West 150th Street.

“You see it’s $60, so it is what it is and at this point I guess you have to do what you got to do,” one driver said.

For small businesses like A Slice Above in Strongsville, they rely on their delivery drivers to help serve customers.

Higher prices at the pump can potentially impact the bottom line.

“Delivering for the drivers that’s some thing I’ll probably have to add a little bit later but also my vendors who deliver to me will start charging me more for deliveries,” Don Bersacola, the shop’s owner, said. “That happened 10, 15 years ago. They added a delivery fee to my produce, my meats so when they deliver they’re going to start charging me more so then I have to eventually but I don’t like to do that because consumers are hurting right now so you can’t just pass everything on to them.”

Despite the rising costs for fuel, he plans to keep his prices steady.

“I’ve been here 33 years so I’ve been through a lot so I can hold on for quite some time, I think,” Bersacola said. “Some of the smaller, newer ones maybe not so but I’m pretty confident.”

For drivers, there is no end in sight for when gas prices might drop back down.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Hopkins International Airport confirmed there are “federal partners on-site” on Monday.

“These personnel are supporting TSA operations in a non-screening role, including assisting with passenger flow and divesting,” Cleveland Hopkins stated. “They are not conducting identification checks or screening passengers.”

Airport operations and passenger travel are not impacted by the federal agents’ presence at this time, Cleveland Hopkins said.

Cleveland Hopkins encourage travels to “proceed as usual and arrive as recommended for their flights.”

Leaders from both sides of the aisle have weighed in.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – An unoccupied vehicle tug collided with an unoccupied parked plane at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport just before 1 a.m. Monday.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said the plane was a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321.

According to troopers, the vehicle tug had not been placed in a locked position, causing it to roll and collide with the aircraft.

Troopers added there were no injuries and the incident remains under investigation.

This happened the same day an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

The pilot and co-pilot were killed and many others injured.

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