Delivery drivers feeling impact of rising gas prices across Kansas City area [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It wouldn’t be a summertime holiday without an increase at the gas pump.

AAA predicts more than 70 million Americans will travel for the holiday season, with 60.5 million of them traveling on our highways. Those are both said to be records.

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They’ll be among the consumers forced to pay more for gasoline. AAA says that number of travelers is up by three million from a year ago, and breaks records set before the pandemic.

A spokesperson for AAA said gas expenses in the Kansas City metro have jumped by 17 cents in about a week.

“Our rates are staying the same. Gas prices are going up,” Sarah Slaven, a delivery driver with Waldo Pizza, said on Friday.

On her busiest weekend, Slaven said she drove 144 miles. Slaven, who has worked for Waldo Pizza for …