BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With Thanksgiving just about one week away and Christmas on the horizon, the 2025 holiday rush has officially begun.
And if the roads feel more clogged than usual as you head through Birmingham, you aren’t imagining it — a new report from ConsumerAffairs ranks the Magic City second-worst city in the nation for holiday traffic among America’s big metros.
The ranking is based on a combination of heavy congestion, daily volume, and the frequency of fatal crashes in both clear and adverse weather…