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Memorial Day Travel to Increase This Year - NBC 4
Even though regular gasoline is running at close to $4 per gallon, the Automobile Club of Southern California is projecting a new all-time record number of local Memorial Day travelers for the second year in a row, asserting that 3.35 million Southern California residents will travel at least 50 miles to mark Memorial Day -- a 4.3 percent increase over last year on the eighth consecutive year that travel for this holiday has increased.
Among Southern California travelers, 2.78 million -- or 83 percent of all travelers -- are expected to travel by car, a 4.1 percent increase from last year, the AAA said in a statement. Another 340,000 residents are expected to go by plane, which is a 5.3 percent increase over the 2018 holiday. And about 227,000 local travelers will take a cruise, bus, train, or other mode of trip this weekend -- a 6 percent increase from last year.
Even though regular gasoline is running at close to $4 per gallon, the Automobile Club of Southern California is projecting a new all-time record number of local Memorial Day travelers for the second year in a row, asserting that 3.35 million Southern California residents will travel at least 50 miles to mark Memorial Day -- a 4.3 percent increase over last year on the eighth consecutive year that travel for this holiday has increased.
Among Southern California travelers, 2.78 million -- or 83 percent of all travelers -- are expected to travel by car, a 4.1 percent increase from last year, the AAA said in a statement. Another 340,000 residents are expected to go by plane, which is a 5.3 percent increase over the 2018 holiday. And about 227,000 local travelers will take a cruise, bus, train, or other mode of trip this weekend -- a 6 percent increase from last year.