Will 131 North Be A Parking Lot Friday?
Travel forecasters say highway travel will be way up this Memorial Day weekend after restrictions have been lifted, so I would hit the road early Friday.
AAA says they anticipate over one million Michiganders to travel over 100 miles this holiday weekend, an increase of 57 percent from 2020, when restrictions were tight.
Even with the sharp increase in gas prices, I would anticipate a mass exodus starting early Friday, as the northbound traffic in particular will be thicker than usual.
That s because most travelers, according to the Washington Post, are headed back to nature, with searches online and AirBnB bookings indicating that rural areas will be the travel destination preferred by most this weekend.
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