"We are also seeing a huge jump in air travel with nearly an 80% increase - 71,500 Marylanders are projected to take to the skies this year," Ali said. Other modes of travel are also expected to rebound from last year. More: After a run on smaller turkeys last year, what will folks gobble up this year?
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Increased demand this week could also affect prices she said, adding that pump prices "will likely remain elevated for consumers as long as we see oil prices at or above $80 per barrel."Īli urged drivers to be cautious on roadways, and to slow down, move over "and give police and tow truck operators space when they're on the side of the road, assisting disabled motorists or conducting law enforcement duties … we're seeing more and more people getting struck on the side of the road. We had, unfortunately, a AAA a tow-truck contractor killed last month."ĪAA Mid-Atlantic expected to rescue nearly 6,700 members over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on the roads in Maryland alone. We've also seen the tight supply of crude oil, which is kind of keeping gas prices fluctuating instead of dropping substantially." "And that's mainly because crude oil has been in the $80 per barrel range for a while here. "We've actually been seeing a little gradual dip, slightly, in prices," she told Herald-Mail Media. Gas prices in the Hagerstown area averaged about $3.35 per gallon, which is about $1.13 higher than last year, Ali said. More than 90% are traveling by car, AAA projects, despite higher gas prices. That's close to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to AAA, with air travel almost completely recovering from its dramatic fall during the pandemic - up 80% from last year. Ali, public and government affairs manager at AAA Mid-Atlantic.Īirports and roads will be busier this year, with travel projected to be up 13% from 2020. More than 53 million people are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday throughout the country this year, according to projections by AAA.Īnd that includes 1.1 million Marylanders, according to Ragina C. Watch Video: AAA projecting travel to be up this Thanksgiving