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AAA Predicts Record Travel for July 4 Weekend
AAA projects that July 4 weekend will be one of the busiest travel weekends.
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Mass. RMV Hit by System Outage Affecting Driver's Licenses
A system outage prevented some transactions from going through at the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Tuesday and affected some AAA transactions as well. Transactions involving driver’s licenses and permits, as well as IDs, couldn’t go through for several hours Tuesday, according to the RMV. They didn’t immediately share why. The RMV’s website and social media accounts shared this...
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Heavy Traffic Expected on Memorial Day Weekend in New England
Airports and roads in New England are set for a busy holiday weekend, and likely summer, as people look forward to enjoying themselves with warmer weather arriving. Nationwide, AAA predicts that 42.3 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more from home for Memorial Day Weekend, marking a 7% increase over last year. “Massachusetts will be joining the many…
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Boston Area Travel Times Could Double as Holiday Weekend Traffic Kicks in
Airports and roads in New England are set for a busy holiday weekend, and likely summer, as people look forward to enjoying themselves with warmer weather arriving. Nationwide, AAA predicts that 42.3 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more from home for Memorial Day Weekend, marking a 7% increase over last year. “Massachusetts will be joining the many…
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‘Christmas Nightmare': Thousands of Cancellations, Flight Delays Over Holiday Weekend
Christmas may be over, but the travel chaos is still here. Hundreds of thousands of passengers are stuck in limbo as last weekend’s brutal winter storm stalled, if not canceled thousands of flights. “We’ve been stuck a good 18 hours now,” said a traveler at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Over 2,600 flights were canceled on the day of...
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Nearly 55 Million Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving
AAA is projecting that 54.6 million people will travel 50 or more miles from home this holiday, the third busiest Thanksgiving weekend since the auto group began tracking in 2000.
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Thanksgiving Traffic Will Be Bad in Mass. Here Are the Best Times to Hit the Road
With Thanksgiving just over a week away, Massachusetts transportation officials and AAA are warning that travel is predicted to near — or maybe even exceed — pre-pandemic levels. The good news is that experts say flying won’t be as chaotic as it was last year. Airlines have hired more staff and have already made adjustments to schedules, AAA said. This…
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Massachusetts Gas Prices Tick Back Up
Massachusetts gas prices are increasing again, according to data from AAA Northeast, though they still remain lower than they were a month ago. Gas prices in the state are up 4 cents from last week, averaging $3.60 per gallon. That price remains 10 cents lower than a month ago, when the average was $3.70, and 28 cents lower than the…