AAA Estimates More Travelers Today, Are You One of Them?

About 42.5 million people will travel 50 miles or more to see friends and family this Thanksgiving, according to projections by AAA, four percent more than last year.

The increase is the first among the major holidays this year, AAA says. The estimates were put together in a recent article based on estimates from IHS Global Insight, a Boston-based economic research and consulting firm.

If the estimates hold true, it could spell trouble for Westchester travelers this afternoon, especially those who are driving to their Thanksgiving locations. Wednesday is typically the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving weekend, but traffic was already backed up on west-bound Interstate 287 throughout the evening rush hour on Tuesday.

For those of you who will brave the traffic this Thanksgiving weekend, what are your plans? Will you avoid the evening rush by waiting or cutting out of work early, or are you going to join the masses and hit the road during the evening rush?

Let us know in the poll below.