By the numbers: This is Thanksgiving travel 2017

HOUSTON – The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005, as written by AAA in their news release.

Here's a breakdown of AAA's predictions by the numbers:

50.9 million
The total number of Americans expected to travel.

45.5 million
The total number of Americans expected to travel by car.  That's about 90 percent of all travelers.

15.8 percent
Percentage of the estimated current US population expected to travel

1.1 million
Total number of people from the Houston metro area who are expected to travel based on a population estimate and the previous percentage

900,000
Rough number of Houstonians expected to take to the roadways

3
Travel times in the most congested cities could triple compared with a normal day.
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