If you haven't already hit the road, you already missed the best time to leave, experts say. But, we have the best and worst times to travel this weekend.
If you haven't already hit the road, you already missed the best time to leave, experts say. But, we have the best and worst times to travel this weekend.
If you haven't already hit the road, you already missed the best time to leave, experts say. But, we have the best and worst times to travel this weekend.
high. $3.40 the national average, up $1.30 from where we were this time last year. so the bottom line here is the traffic is back, the cost is back. and what s so interesting is that people are still going to travel even in spite of all of those challenges, according to aaa. there s a lot more confidence. people are feeling better about traveling. no matter what the gas prices are, and they are quite a bit higher than last year, people are still going to take that trip. reporter: aaa says expect the most significant delays this afternoon. the worst times to travel, it says generally across the country, between noon and 8:00 p.m. tonight. the best time today, after 9:00 p.m. the maryland transportation authority responsible for this stretch of 95 where we are in aberdeen, maryland, they would
in dallas we ve seen as low as $1.66. just a month ago it was higher than that, $2.23 though it is a bit higher than a year ago at $2.08 according to aaa. now, again, with the busiest times to travel, today 3:00 and then the busiest time to come back, saturday at 4:00. stephanie? all right. thanks, jacob. let s go from the roads to the skies. heading now to the nation s second busiest airport and if you ve been there, it can be a natur gnarly one when it s crowded. blake mccoy is there. talk us through all of this. how crowded is it? reporter: well, look at the line behind me right now. this is good news at chicago o hare. even better because this is expected to be a record travel period for u.s. air lines. 27 million people taking to the skies this thanksgiving. there are a few things working in traveller s favor this year.