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AAA Texas Emphasizes Caution For Drivers, Pedestrians And Bicyclists As School Year Begins

By Daniel Armbruster & Doug Shupe August 08, 2024 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — Texas students are returning to classes soon on foot, bicycles, as well as in cars and school buses. To prevent traffic-related injuries and fatalities to students, AAA Texas reminds drivers to slow down and stay alert in and around school zones as well...

AAA Texas: Record Travel Expected This Memorial Day Weekend

By Daniel Armbruster & Doug Shupe May 12, 2024 Gas Prices, Travel

Coppell, TX — AAA projects the highest number of Texans to travel this coming Memorial Day since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. The Lone Star State is expected to have 3.6 million travelers this Memorial Day holiday travel period, a 4.2% increase over last...

Texas Memorial Day Travel Volume Slightly Above Pre-Pandemic Levels as Demand Soars

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber May 16, 2023 Automotive, Gas Prices, Travel

Coppell, TX — AAA Texas projects 3.5 million Texans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, a seven percent increase over 2022. Across the country, there will be a similar increase in total travel volume with 42.3 million Americans expected...

AAA Texas: Relief at the Gas Pump, Fluctuations Remain Possible

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber April 27, 2023 Gas Prices, Monthly Fuel Prices Report, Weekly Fuel Prices Report

Coppell, TX — The statewide gas price average in Texas is $3.23 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 11 cents less per gallon than it was on this day last week and is 54 cents less per gallon compared to...

Thanksgiving Travel Forecast Up Slightly, Just Shy of Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber November 15, 2022 Gas Prices, Travel

Coppell, TX — AAA Texas predicts four million Texans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving. That’s a one percent increase from last year and just about 95% of pre-pandemic volumes. On a national scale, AAA estimates 54.6 million people will...

MEDIA ADVISORY AAA Texas, Partners Offer Free Bicycle Skills Clinic, Helmets and Bikes to Local Children This Saturday

By Joshua Zuber & Kara Thorp September 09, 2022 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Houston, TX — What: AAA Texas will hold a free Bike Rodeo and Helmet Fitting event to encourage proper helmet use and teach children how to ride their bikes safely. Free helmets will be provided to the first 100 children along with fittings. Bike raffle will be...

AAA Texas: Free San Antonio Teen Driver Safety Workshop Offered This Tuesday as ‘100 Deadliest Days’ for Young Drivers Are Upon Us

By Joshua Zuber & Kara Thorp July 08, 2022 Transportation and Traffic Safety

San Antonio, TX — More than 10,000 teenagers in Texas are killed and injured each year due to car crashes, and car crashes remain the leading cause of death among teenagers across the country. To help educate teens and their parents about the licensing process and safe...

AAA Texas: Dallas Teen Driver Safety Event as 100 Deadliest Days for Young Drivers Approaches

By Daniel Armbruster May 18, 2022 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Dallas, TX — (Coppell, TX) – More than 10,000 teenagers in Texas are killed and injured each year due to car crashes, and car crashes remain the leading cause of death among teenagers across the country. To help educate teens and their parents about the licensing...

Sticker Shock: New AAA Data Shows Owning a New Vehicle Costs Nearly $10,000 Annually

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber August 19, 2021 Automotive

Coppell, TX — According to the latest research from AAA, the average annual cost of new vehicle ownership is $9,666, or $805.50 per month. The biggest factor pushing the nearly $10,000 annual price tag is depreciation. It accounts for 40% of all ownership expenses...

AAA Texas Warns Drivers, Parents and Students to Stay Alert and Avoid Being “Intexticated” as School Bells Ring Again

By Daniel Armbruster & Joshua Zuber August 13, 2021 Transportation and Traffic Safety

Coppell, TX — This August many Texas school students will return to classes for the first time since the pandemic began. To prevent traffic-related injuries and fatalities to students heading back to school, AAA Texas reminds drivers to slow down and stay alert in...