'Leave bright and early:' Southern Californians brace for crowded airports, freeways during holiday travel

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'Leave bright and early:' Southern Californians brace for crowded airports, freeways during holiday travel
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Because Christmas and New Year's days both land in the middle of the week, the weekends before the holidays are expected to be the busiest times to travel.

Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year. And because Christmas and New Year's days both land in the middle of the week, the weekends before the holidays are expected to be the busiest times to travel. But the good news for road warriors is that gasoline prices are down nationwide. Around 119.3 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Dec. 21 and Jan.

For the Bay Area, it could take up to three hours to travel from San Francisco to Sacramento using Interstate 80. From San Francisco to Napa, it's expected to take nearly two and a half hours for travelers who leave Dec. 21, which is an 82% increase from the typical drive time.

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