MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- As people across the country anticipate reuniting with their loved ones for Thanksgiving, travel is top of mind.

AAA is expecting more than 80 million travelers to get behind the wheel.

Freeways are already packed in Merced. With the FAA calling it the biggest airline travel season in 15 years, some North Valley residents are ditching both the road and the airport, opting instead for Amtrak.

More than a million people are expected to travel by train.

Thomas Canty is one of the many UC Merced students heading home for the holidays.

"It's a really inconvenient way to travel in my opinion, I don't really like driving the full eight hours, the traffic is a nightmare, especially during the holiday times," he says.

After years of driving back to San Diego for Than

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