Well, we’re back with more from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as they have just released monthly motor fuels prices for April of this year, and as you might expect — and we warned of last month — the numbers are more than discouraging.
Amid ongoing supply issues, the average price for regular gasoline was up 12.8% from March of 2026 and a full 29.4% from April of 2025.
The New England region saw the largest increase in the average price for regular gasoline year-over-year change with a 35.3% jump to $3.98. The Gulf Coast rose 35.2% to $3.71/gallon while the Lower Atlantic rose to $3.86/gallon, a 30.5% rise.
The Central Atlantic also rose over 30% (30.1%), but finished April as the only region where the average price of a gallon of gasoline stood over $4, at $4.08.
The entire country has since left that number in the dust.
In the meantime, the average price for diesel no. 2 was $5.50 in April 2026, up 11.8% from March of this yar, and up a whopping 54.2% from April of 2025.
With no resolution in sight for the conflict in the Middle East, the news will only likely be worse in next month’s report.
There is much more to be seen at the BTS website here.
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