Chicagoans leaving for Memorial Day roadtrips on Thursday or Friday afternoons will hit the worst traffic of the holiday weekend, per INRIX traffic data.
By the numbers: AAA says more than 45 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend. That's 200,000 more than last year.
The bulk of them — more than 39 million travelers — will be driving.
Best driving times: All daySunday or very early in the day all weekend.
Zoom in: INRIX predicts our worst local travel corridor this weekend will be I-94 East between Milwaukee and Chicago on Thursday at 4:30pm with a 48% increase in traffic.