WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regular gasoline prices reached $4.19 per gallon at stations along the corridor between Washington, D.C., and western Maryland on Wednesday, with drivers at fuel stops expressing frustration over the cost of filling their tanks. The price held steady at $4.19 per gallon at a Sheetz station in Frostburg, Maryland, where four gallons of regular gasoline cost $16, while prices near Zanesville, Ohio, were lower at $3.99 per gallon.

At a Royal Farms gas station near Frederick, Maryland, Richard Enoh, a driver for Uber and Lyft, said he had been parked for two hours waiting for a fare that would justify the fuel expense. "I used to fill the tank for, like, maybe $43, but now it takes me, like, $67," Enoh said. He described the kind of trip he needed to make the economics work. "I need, like, a trip that would be maybe an hour. They can pay me, like, $50." he said.

Rob Clise was fueling his white Volkswagen Jetta at the same station. Clise, who said he tracks the price of crude oil, said: "It's only money." He then referenced what he described as a recent drop in oil prices. "Oil dropped $20 a barrel last night because of the ceasefire," he said.

Clise added that price decreases in crude oil do not translate quickly to savings for consumers. "It takes forever for it to trickle down - when the prices drop - to trickle down at the pump. And that's, you know, what I don't like about that," he said.

At the Sheetz station in Frostburg, a driver filled his tank at a cost of almost $60. Kevin Holden, a retired Air Force member from Weirton, West Virginia, also filled his SUV's tank at the station. "I just put in $67, I think," Holden said. He noted the price had changed recently. "Couple of days ago when we were driving through here, it was 40 cents less," he said.

Holden cited geopolitical factors. "And the Strait of Hormuz is closed. And I know Trump's doing everything he can to try to get it back open, and I am willing to put up with some pain. I'm retired Air Force myself, so I've been through some tough times to hopefully have a better outcome," he said.

Michel Martin and producer Adam Bearne drove from Washington, D.C., toward southwest Ohio on Wednesday, a trip of about eight hours. They stopped at the Royal Farms station near Frederick and later crossed briefly into West Virginia, then into Pennsylvania, and then into Ohio. The total fuel cost for the drive from Washington to Springfield, Ohio, where they arrived after sunset, was $51.26.