ThanksGiving Travel

THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PRESENTED BY - BUS BANK With the holiday season quickly approaching, many people plan to set off and visit with distant friends and family. However, traveling during the holidays is often filled with headaches and traffic jams. Let us alleviate some of that stress by giving you a breakdown of Thanksgiving Statistics HOW DO WE TRAVEL? Car Airplane Bus Train 91.7% 5.3% 2.0% 1.0% The total number The total number 61.8 Million 10.3 of trips during the Thanksgiving travel period of trips per day during the Thanksgiving travel period Million WHERE DO WE GO? 150-249 Miles 18% The average trip distance in miles 50-99 Miles 42% 100-149 Miles 16% 214 250-499 Miles 15% 1000+ Miles 3% 500-999 Miles 6% TOTAL PERSONAL VEHICLE TRIPS If the destination is between 50 and 90 miles away, more people travel on Thursday than on Wednesday. More return on Saturday than on Sunday. If the destination is at least 100 miles away, trips are spread almost equally throughout the Wednesday through Sunday travel period. VS 44% 56% WHO IS TRAVELING? The average age of a Thanksgiving traveler 34 Age 1-25 35% Age 25-36 55% There is nearly an even 50/50 split between male & female travelers VS Age 65+ 10% MOST TRAVELED ROADS #1: The l-95 Corridor 1-95 From NYC to D.C. #2: Boston Westbound Massachusetts turnpike from downtown boston to 1-84 in sturbridge # 3: Chicago Borman Expressway 1-80/1-94, The Tristate Tollway # 4: New York City Throngs Neck Bridge & Whitestone Bridge # 5: San Franscisco Eastbound 1-80 to Sacramento & Tahoe #6: Atlanta 1-285 in both directions between l-75 & I-85 #7: Washington D.C. |-495 from Merrifield, VA to Landover, MA # 8: allas Interstate-35 #9: Detroit Northbound US-23 & Northbound I-75 Merge # 10: Miami Palmetto Expressway near Miami International Airport SOURCES America On The Go Thanksgiving Traffic Delays KEEP UP WITH US Facebook Twitter