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More people are traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend

Andy Uhler Nov 23, 2016
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Traffic crawls on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

More people are traveling over the Thanksgiving weekend

Andy Uhler Nov 23, 2016
Traffic crawls on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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The American Automobile Association says nearly 50 million people will travel more than 50 miles this Thanksgiving – to visit relatives, or maybe to take a quick vacation. That is an economic indicator.

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