AAA: Thanksgiving travel up slightly this year

“Goes to show that the myth about gas prices going up around the holidays is not true…”

“It’s never been this low”, he said. “You started seeing a back up on 75 for about a good 20 miles”, Bright, Jr. said.

AAA projects we’ll see the most Thanksgiving holiday travelers since 2007. The lightest travel days will be Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, the group estimates.

AAA says the vast majority of Thanksgiving travelers, 42 million Americans, will travel by vehicle, and 3.6 million people will fly. “Although California won’t be that low, we are seeing low-for-us prices”.

DeHaan says the laws of supply and demand are making the lower prices possible… That’s almost 90 cents less than what prices were a year ago. “Until the late afternoon, and that’s when we see another rush”, said Shane Carter, spokesman of the Clinton Airport.

Troopers say this is a time where they really warn drivers about the fatal four violations: speeding, driving under the influence, distracted driving and not wearing a seat belt.

“Most of my family is from off-island areas, so I’m coming over to spend the holiday with them and catch up with everybody”, Myette said.

Among the reasons given for the travel increase are an improving economy and the cheapest gasoline for this time of year since 2008. Numerous towns around Lincoln are among those with the highest prices, including Hickman (second), Syracuse (11th), Cortland (13th), Valparaiso (14th) and Crete (24th).

According to number released by the TSA previous year, the day before Thanksgiving ranked as the 41st busiest day here in Austin. The highest price in the continental U.S.is $2.74 in California.

“GasBuddy predicts the national average prices for a gallon of gas will be $1.99 by Thursday, which has not happened since March 2009”, says spokeswoman and analyst Allison Mac. Lower gasoline prices since 2014 are linked to lower crude oil prices.

“Wherever you can save a penny it helps”, he said.

The global energy industry is facing a massive surplus in oil production, which has led many oil companies to shed thousands of jobs and slash investment plans.