Memorial Day weekend travel hits pre-pandemic levels

 It's 40 am here on the East Coast. There is pretty light traffic at this hour in the morning here in Orlando, but I don't believe our families were back on the road this holiday weekend in a big, big way after years of low travel due to COVID-19. The Memorial Day weekend Rush has hit pre-pandemic levels, and joining us now alongside one of those highways that has been so busy outside of New York City is NBC News correspondent Emily a Kedah. Emily, How have the roads been how the roads been this weekend? Truck drivers are bracing for brutal traffic as they make their way home at the end of the holiday weekend. Hey there, Jonathan. Mull over my shoulder, you see the New Jersey Turnpike, and at the moment, that's the keyword here. Things are moving smoothly, but drivers shouldn't anticipate that for the rest of the day as millions of people are set to return home from their Memorial Day weekend celebrations. 

The key today is to leave before 10 am. AAA says some of the worst log jams will build up between noon and 3 pm. That's the hotspot with some drivers returning to major metro areas like Seattle, Boston, New York, and Tampa; they could see their travel times double nearly double this afternoon, so brace for that. Also, the traffic may linger into tomorrow, so avoid the roadways between 4 and 6 pm. Tomorrow, AAA called this the third busiest Memorial Day weekend on record, with 10s of millions celebrating, and in part, it's fueled by savings at the pump. The national average per gallon of gas is down by more than $1 compared to last year. Some welcome relief calming relief for those drivers when they're stuck behind the wheel and in traffic later today. 

The air travel so far is so good when we talk about the air. The Transportation Secretary told people to judge by tweeting that in the first couple of days over the Memorial Day weekend, we saw less than 1% of flights canceled. It is good news there, but the airlines will face another stress test today. According to the FAA, another 42,000 flights are scheduled to depart throughout the day. And all of it comes as TSA screened more than 7.6 million passengers between Thursday and Saturday on some of those days. We're seeing the highest numbers and the highest traffic since 2019. So, the Memorial Day travel weekend, the unofficial start to summer, is getting off to a roaring start. So regardless if you're hitting the roadways or heading to the airport, you want to pack your patience and build extra time because there will be lines Jonathan and BCWS Emily, a Kedah thank you so much and for those of you on the roads later. 

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