To gain deeper insight into the experience of those on the roads, INRIX analyzed travel speeds for the Friday before Memorial Day along with Memorial Day. As the table below illustrates, travel on Friday before Memorial Day typically sees more traffic congestion than the return on Monday, especially in areas like Philadelphia, San Francisco, Portland and Los Angeles. In those Metropolitan Areas, travel speeds on National Interstates and limited-access highways increased up to 57 percent during the evening peak period (2-6PM) to nearly free-flow travel speeds.
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