Avoid Atlanta's worst Memorial Day drive times
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The worst of metro Atlanta's Memorial Day weekend traffic starts this afternoon, according to INRIX forecasts.
Why it matters: AAA predicts this will be the busiest Memorial Day ever for travel — meaning your departure time could make or break your trip.
Zoom in: Sunday is a good driving day, per INRIX, a transportation data analytics company that works with AAA to calculate travel times.
By the numbers: AAA anticipates that more than 45 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more over Memorial Day weekend. That's 200,000 more than last year.
- The bulk of them — more than 39 million travelers — will be driving.
Zoom in: INRIX predicts our worst local travel corridor this weekend will be I-20 East between Atlanta and Augusta today at 5:15pm with a 43% increase in traffic.
What's next: Aggressive Monday-morning drivers, unfortunately.