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Traveling by car for Thanksgiving? Here’s worst time to hit the road
Updated: 8:24 AM EST Nov 23, 2021
More than 53 million Americans — 1.2 million in Massachusetts — will be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday this week.Ninety percent of those travelers will be driving. The holiday get-away is expected to ramp up Tuesday evening.According to AAA, travelers driving Wednesday between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. will encounter the most company on the roads. If you’re leaving Wednesday, you might be better off waiting until late evening. On Thursday the worst time to travel is between noon and 3 p.m.Some drivers said they have a strategy to beat the traffic. “Leave tomorrow, go visit some friends in Buffalo, do a Friendsgiving as they call it, and then hopefully get myself back here for my own Thanksgiving — barring traffic and weather,” said Julian Ortiz, of Norwich, Connecticut.After Thanksgiving, AAA says peak travel hours will be Friday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. will be the busiest.On Sunday, when most people head home, expect the roads to be packed from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
More than 53 million Americans — 1.2 million in Massachusetts — will be traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday this week.
Ninety percent of those travelers will be driving. The holiday get-away is expected to ramp up Tuesday evening.
According to AAA, travelers driving Wednesday between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. will encounter the most company on the roads. If you’re leaving Wednesday, you might be better off waiting until late evening.
On Thursday the worst time to travel is between noon and 3 p.m.
Some drivers said they have a strategy to beat the traffic.
“Leave tomorrow, go visit some friends in Buffalo, do a Friendsgiving as they call it, and then hopefully get myself back here for my own Thanksgiving — barring traffic and weather,” said Julian Ortiz, of Norwich, Connecticut.
After Thanksgiving, AAA says peak travel hours will be Friday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. will be the busiest.
On Sunday, when most people head home, expect the roads to be packed from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.