12/18/2017

Prepare for Traffic

Higher gas prices aren’t enough to keep people off the road this holiday season

Higher gas prices aren’t enough to keep people off the road this holiday season.

According to the motor club AAA, around 107.3 million people will take various forms of transport to go see their loved ones this holiday season—a jump of 3.1 percent from a year ago and the highest reported level ever. It’s also an increase of 21.6 million from 2005, showing a consistent track record of growth, and just the third year that the number has topped 100 million.

That’s despite gas prices being expected to jump nearly 40 cents nationally from 2016, from $2.17 to $2.53 per gallon, according to the association’s holiday forecast, produced by IHS Markit. Bill Sutherland, AAA’s senior vice president of travel and publishing, says that’s a common theme he’s seen in recent years.

Please click here to read the complete article from Associations Now.