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Labor Day Traffic 2024: How to Avoid the Crowds This Weekend
28.08.2024 - 19:55 / cntraveler.com / Bob Pishue
Summer travel 2024, with its record-breaking crowds, is set to reach a fever pitch over Labor Day Weekend. The busiest summer season in recent history is set to end with a bang, as a historic number of people are expected to take to the roads and skies.
According to the latest predictions from AAA, domestic travel over the Labor Day weekend period—from Thursday, August 29 through Monday, September 2—is up 9% compared to last year. For its part, the TSA expects to screen 8.5% more airline passengers than over Labor Day 2023, making the upcoming long weekend a fitting end of the summer for the security agency, which has already inked its top 10 busiest travel days ever since May 2024.
The most popular destination is expected to be Seattle, according to AAA, with many tourists using the city as a launch pad for Alaska cruises, the organization says. Labor Day trips to Seattle are up 30% year over year, AAA says, and Anchorage and Juneau are also among the top 10 destinations for the long weekend. Other busy destinations will be Orlando, New York, Boston, Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, and San Francisco.
But planning a getaway for the long weekend doesn’t mean resigning yourself to traffic jams and logistical headaches. Here’s how to navigate the crowds, whether you plan to travel by plane or car.
To avoid Labor Day traffic, drivers should plan to get an early start when heading out of town on Thursday and Friday: The afternoon and evening hours on those days are expected to be among the most congested all weekend. “Drivers should expect the most severe traffic jams before the holiday weekend as commuters mix with travelers,” Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at travel data firm Inrix, said in a statement.
Avoid driving from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, which are among the worst times to depart, according to AAA’s report. Travel times during those windows can be up to 40% longer than normal on popular routes, like between New York and the Jersey Shore, Inrix’s data shows. Instead, the best times to hit the road will be anytime before 11 a.m. on Thursday and before noon on Friday.
For return journeys home, road-trippers should also aim to hit the road as early as possible on Sunday and Monday—anytime before noon or before 10 a.m., respectively, should result in less congested highways. Avoid afternoon and evening travel on those days as well. The most traffic-laden hours are expected to be 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday.
If you’re traveling to or from a major city, it could be worth looking at the specific Labor Day traffic report for those metro areas. Inrix has compiled a list of the peak congestion times for 16 major cities, and it could
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