"According to AAA's annual holiday travel report based on data from INRIX, almost 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home for Thanksgiving - about 1.6 million more than last year and 4 million more than in 2019, before the pandemic."
"This year's contender for the peak congestion period is a trip from San Francisco to Santa Rosa, traveling north on Highway 101. The 55-mile drive could take over 2.5 hours for drivers who leave on Tuesday at 7:15 p.m., when the average speed is projected to slow to 21 mph. "I think anyone that's driven from San Francisco to Santa Rosa knows just before Petaluma, you have the narrows there where things kind of bottleneck," Northern California AAA spokesperson Doug Johnson told SFGATE."
"A recent Google Maps study found that, for travelers in San Francisco, traffic will likely begin to build starting at 10 a.m., with 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. the busiest time to be on the road. Drivers who leave before 10 a.m. or after 8 p.m. should be in much better shape."
Nearly 81.8 million people nationwide are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving, marking increases from last year and pre-pandemic 2019. In California, about 9.6 million drivers are projected on the road, up 2.7% from last year. The worst Bay Area congestion is forecast on Highway 101 northbound from San Francisco to Santa Rosa, where a 55-mile trip could exceed 2.5 hours during peak Tuesday evening traffic with average speeds near 21 mph. Peak nationwide travel windows are midday-to-evening on Tuesday and late morning-to-evening Wednesday, with Google Maps flagging 3–5 p.m. as the busiest local hours.
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