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Pat Moody | AAA Northern New England

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Pat Moody | AAA Northern New England

We speak with Pat Moody from AAA Northern New England. AAA expects 39.2 million people will travel for the unofficial start of summer.

New England Memorial Travel Forecast

  • AAA projects 1.79 million New Englanders will travel this Memorial Day weekend an increase of 6.7 percent.
  • Automobiles: 1.63 million will travel by automobile, an increase of 4.7 percent.
  • Planes: Holiday air travel is expected to increase by 25.4 percent to 141,00 leisure travelers.
  • Trains, Buses, Rails and Cruise Ships: Travel across these sectors will increase by 189 percent to 17,000 passengers.

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