reporter: jeff spring of aaa says holiday travel is at near pre-pandemic levels. from 2020 it jumped 28 percent, even as packed roads and dangerous wet and icey conditions slow many down. reporter: are people hitting the roads like you expected them to. it was one of the busiest travel holidays on record. nationwide not just hitting the roads but all over different kinds of travel formats and that is the most in nearly 20 years since triple a did the tracking. reporter: those record breaking travel numbers are stressing many americans trying to get home. last year, i was traveling, there was no one here. which was kind of eerie, so i like to see the people but this was a lot of people. reporter: and experts say pandemic fatigue is one reason why so many people are hitting the road. but omicron could change those numbers in the coming days and weeks, jericka. duncan: thank you, tom. a federal judge has ruled that president biden cannot require