air travel is still a mess in the tri-state after intense weather conditions and Staffing shortages some Travelers face numerous delays in cancellations at Newark Airport this week United Airlines canceled over 2300 flights as of Wednesday the Washington Post reported and other parts of the country are feeling the same woes too the Port Authority says 2 million people will use one of its four airports this weekend and five million more will use its trains and buses it's news that will likely concern Americans especially as AAA is projecting that over 50 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more this July 4th weekend a new record for the holiday well so far that we've seen a lot of traffic when is there not traffic in the tri-state area these days with so many people still shunning public transportation it seems like it's busy all the time but throw in a holiday and a long weekend and a commute home and it gets really really busy and that's what we are anticipating but when we get a holiday we get a free vacation day American workers get the fewest number of vacation days of any workers in the industrialized world look at Europe they take the entire month of August off we make the most of it when we get that free day by combining say some vacation days and making a long weekend support for the business report provided by the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey working for economic Prosperity by uniting business and Community leaders for 150 years membership and event information online at chambersnj.com