Thanksgiving Day Parade street closures Wednesday and Thursday The AAA and IHS Markit forecast said that 89% of New Yorkers were expected to travel by car in 2022. “We don't have a single-direction rush hour - it's a rush hour in all directions.” “What’s unusual about Wednesday is, as many people are leaving New York as they're coming into New York. Wednesday remains the biggest traffic day of the year, whether you’re coming or going from NYC, he said. The city also included Tuesday and Wednesday's dates on its "gridlock alert" days calendar, set aside for the busiest traffic days of the year. Especially if you're going in the afternoon.” “If you're catching a plane … allow an extra 45 minutes to an hour to get there. “Tuesday has become the new Wednesday when it comes to getaway during Thanksgiving week,” Schwartz said.
GRIDLOCK ALERT DAYS NYC 2013 DRIVERS
He said city drivers should expect three-to-five-mile backups at the George Washington Bridge, and backups on all roads leading to airports. Here’s what Schwartz said those who can’t avoid car travel this week should know: Tuesday and Wednesday are both ‘gridlock alert’ daysĮscaping the city before Thanksgiving may have been easier to do on Tuesdays in the past, but Schwartz said that enough people have since changed their patterns so that both days are likely to experience gridlock. “So it's as if we have 105 to 110% of the traffic that we had back in 2019,” Schwartz said.įor those who can’t avoid traveling by car, Schwartz said New Yorkers should expect a “wild week in traffic.” What’s worse, he said, is that truck volumes were recorded at 10% higher than what they were in 2019. Traffic expert “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz told Gothamist on Monday that drivers better be prepared heading into the holiday weekend as car traffic in the metropolitan area is officially back to pre-pandemic levels. That includes more than 3.5 million travelers – and 60,000 more than last year - which would be the highest number recorded since tracking began in 2000. The state was expected to set a record in 2022 for the number of travelers over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period, according to a AAA and IHS Markit forecast. Thanksgiving weekend is rapidly approaching, and with it, New York’s highest traffic days of the year.
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