Best & Worst Times To Drive Around Thanksgiving In New York State

A near-historic amount of people plan to travel for Thanksgiving. We've learned the times you should avoid the roads in New York State.

AAA believes 55.4 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.

Best & Worst Times To Drive Around Thanksgiving In New York State

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Hudson Valley Post looked into the best and worst times to travel before Thanksgiving, on Turkey Day and after Thanksgiving.

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Best & Worst Times To Drive Around Thanksgiving In New York State

AAA is advising the best and worst times to drive for Thanksgiving.

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Third-Highest Thanksgiving Travel Prediction On Record

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AAA says 2023 is the third-highest Thanksgiving travel prediction in its history. 55.4 million expected travelers is an increase of 2.3 percent from last year.

The top two travel years on record were 2005 and 2019, according to AAA.

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AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000.

"Hazardous" Thanksgiving Travel, Snow Expected For Upstate New York

If you do plan to travel before Thursday, New York officials are warning all about "hazardous travel" thanks to "snow" and "winter weather for many parts of New York just before Thanksgiving.