AAA: Nearly 42 Million Americans Will Kick Off Summer with a Memorial Day Getaway – The Most in More Than a Dozen Years

AAA | May 14, 2018

ORLANDO, Fla., May 14, 2018 -- Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and Americans will kick off the season by traveling in near-record numbers. According to AAA, more than 41.5 million Americans will travel this Memorial Day weekend, nearly 5 percent more than last year and the most in more than a dozen years. With nearly 2 million additional people taking to planes, trains, automobiles and other modes of transportation, INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, expects travel delays on major roads could be up to three times longer than normal, with the busiest days being Thursday and Friday (May 24-25) as commuter...