NEW YORK—Over the holiday season, long-distance trips in the nation usually increase 93 percent over the daily average, according the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management. Most travelers, 9 out of 10, travel by car. AAA expects this year’s holiday period to bring the highest traffic volume in 10 years.
The Rudin Center highlighted the 10 worst bottlenecks it expects in a report released Monday. The delays range from 5 to 24 minutes, in most cases doubling travel time. Commuters will encounter high traffic volume on most routes from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., but the worst time period on the Hutchinson Parkway and the Pulaski Skyway will be 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
1. I-95 in the Bronx/Manhattan
Exit 13/Conner Street to Fort Lee, N.J.
Travel Time: 15 minutes
Extra Time: 24 minutes
2. Hutchinson Parkway
Cross-County Parkway to Mamaroneck Road
Travel Time: 6 minutes
Extra Time: 13 minutes
3. Whitestone Expressway
Exit 14/Linden Place to Whitestone
Travel Time: 5 minutes
Extra Time: 11 minutes
4. Pulaski Skyway
I-95 to Tonnelle Avenue
Travel Time: 5 minutes
Extra Time: 10 minutes
5. FDR Drive
34th Street to 116th Street
Travel Time: 7 minutes
Extra Time: 9 minutes
6. Henry Hudson Parkway
72nd Street to George Washington Bridge
Travel Time: 7 minutes
Extra Time: 9 minutes
7. CT Turnpike in New Haven
Marsh Hill Road to Ella Grasso Boulevard
Travel Time: 6 minutes
Extra Time: 8 minutes
8. I-84 near Waterbury, CT
Interstate 691 to Austin Road
Travel Time: 4 minutes
Extra Time: 8 minutes
9. Major Deegan Expressway
Van Cortlandt Park to Interstate 95
Travel Time: 4 minutes
Extra Time: 7 minutes
10. Major Deegan Expressway
I-278 to I-95
Travel Time: 4 minutes
Extra Time: 5 minutes
