AAA: Record holiday travel will impact roads
By Bart Jansen, USA Today
A record 107.3 million people will travel to celebrate year-end holidays, braving higher gas prices than last year and roads in some spots threatening three times the normal traffic congestion, according to a AAA forecast Thursday.
Holiday travel already set records this year for Memorial Day, Independence Day and Thanksgiving, according to AAA. The projected 3.1 percent increase in travel from Dec. 23 through Jan. 1 would represent the ninth consecutive year-end rise, according to AAA.
Most travelers will jump in cars, with 97.4 million projected to hit the road.