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With all the pain at the pump, taxi drivers in Fairfax County, Virginia, are getting a little help amid spiking gas prices.

The county’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a measure to let them add a $1 surcharge for every trip.

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That $1 will go directly to drivers. It went into effect Wednesday and runs until June 11.

“The $1.00 per-trip emergency taxicab fuel surcharge will provide immediate relief to the taxicab drivers who are suffering an economic hardship from increased fuel costs,” the board . “This increase may also help retain current drivers and recruit new drivers, supporting the County’s Strategic Outcome Area: Economic Opportunity.”

The surcharge doesn’t apply to Lyft or Uber.

Old Dominion Transportation Group, Inc. — which owns Fairfax Yellow Cab, Fairfax Red Top Cab, and Springfield Yellow Cab — had requested an emergency gas surcharge of $2 in March.

D.C. had already added a $1 surcharge for taxi rides.

In Prince William County, base taxi cab rates went up $1 on March 15. That rate will be in effect for 60 days.