WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Travel in the United States for the Thanksgiving holiday is expected to be the highest since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to AAA.
The auto club told the New York Times that the urge to take to the road, sky, or railroad tracks is causing delays at all the transportation hubs, in a holiday rush that began on Tuesday.
The auto club estimates that this year, 36 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home, the largest number since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. That total is 2.4 percent higher than last year, when 35.2 million traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Justin McNaull, an auto club spokesman in Washington, told the Times that more people had been encouraged to take trips because of improvements in the economy and a decrease in gasoline prices since Labor Day. He estimated 86 percent will travel by car.
