Nov 24, 2015

It’s time to head home for the holidays. A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year. During the long holiday weekend, 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007, according to travel agency and car lobbying group AAA.

: Holiday travelers appear at Los Angeles International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

: Lasaundra Dudley, of Atlanta, right, embraces her father Belvin Baldwin after he arrived off a bus from Savannah, Ga., to spend Thanksgiving with her and his grandson Vincent Buckley, left, at a Greyhound station Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: A passenger looks for seat on the upper deck of a bus heading to New Orleans ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Valarie Settle, of Roanoke Va., waits in line at a Greyhound station to board a bus as she heads to California for the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Driver Mark Green checks passenger tickets as he prepares to drive a bus to Fayetteville, N.C., ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at a Greyhound station Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Passengers disembark off a bus arriving from Washington ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Passengers board a bus ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at a Greyhound station Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Gas prices are displayed at a service station in Leonia, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. With Thanksgiving gas at its cheapest in seven years, the number of travelers is expected to rise, with one traffic-tracking firm predicting delays could be noticeably longer than last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Travelers wait in line to check-in to their flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: A traveler rests on the floor as American Airlines aircraft are lined up the the gates at Miami International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Miami. Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel holidays of the year, both in the air and on the roads. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

: Los Angeles Airport Police Officer Eric Williams and his canine partner Buc check the luggage of travelers leaving Los Angeles International Airport for the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

: A group of Laotian monks prepare to leave Los Angeles International Airport for a flight to India, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

: Military personnel walk through a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: A person in a turkey costume gives Nasreen Qasimi, 1, a toy airplane at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Travelers wait to go through security at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: Travelers check-in to their flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

: A worker unloads bags off a bus from Washington as it arrives ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year. During the long holiday weekend, 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007, according to travel agency and car lobbying group AAA. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

: Passengers disembark off a bus arriving from Washington ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Atlanta. A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways this year. During the long holiday weekend, 46.9 million Americans are expected to go 50 miles or more from home, the highest number since 2007, according to travel agency and car lobbying group AAA. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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