Holiday Travel in Wake of Paris Attacks

AAA says lower gas prices are a large part of the reason why more people are driving this year.

In Wisconsin, a Packers game, road construction, the potential for some dicey weather and thousands of deer hunters on the state’s roads and highways have the potential to make for interesting travel this week. AAA reports the national average of a gallon of regular gas is about $2.06.

The warning is for short-term trips as USA citizens travel during the holiday season after the recent terrorist attacks in Mali, Egypt and France.

“Lower prices are helping boost disposable income and enabling families to kick off the holiday season with a Thanksgiving getaway”, said Marshall Doney, AAA president and CEO.

“It’s convenient for me and obviously I’m not a threat”, says Tompkins.

Authorities fear that members of ISIS, also known as ISIL or Daesh, may return to the US or Europe from Syria and Iraq to strike during the busiest travel times of the year; they also believe that lone-wolf terrorists – i.e. those who are unaffiliated with any group but are inspired by major terrorist organization – may target innocent civilians.

Lake Thelen, 24, who was waiting at Kennedy worldwide Airport in Queens for a connecting flight on her trip from Portland, Ore., to So Paulo, Brazil, said she could neither put the risk of terrorism entirely out of her mind nor let it rule her. “Patience will be in high demand”.

“This is the seventh consecutive year that we are seeing an increase in the number of people traveling”, Redman said.

While the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is referred to by many as “The Busiest Travel Day of the Year”, that does not hold true at Austin-Bergstrom global Airport. That would be a 16.48% increase over the same time period previous year.

Many Americans have gotten the jump on Thanksgiving, already taking to the roads and by air to reach their holiday destinations.

Passengers are still reminded to get to the airport at least an hour and a half before their flight.

The vast majority of these travelers will drive, with only a small percentage of people choosing to fly.

You may well see more police and police outfitted in gear than people may be used to, said Joseph Pentangelo, a spokesman for the agency. Nationally, some 46.6 million will be on the roads, and 3.6 million will take to the air. Georgia officials expect the usual heavy traffic in and around Atlanta, but no notable delays elsewhere. This travel alert comes after concerns that terror groups are planning more attacks after the events in Paris.

“U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance when in public places or using transportation”.

So far, there’s no credible threat of a Paris-scale assault in the US, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.