Seattle drivers spent more time in traffic this year than they did in 2020, but far less than before COVID

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Traffic moves down I-5 just north of downtown Seattle, Washington

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Traffic moves down Interstate 5 just north of downtown Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Philip James Corwin/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Seattle drivers spent an average of 30 hours in traffic congestion this year, according to a new report from the Kirkland-based data company INRIX.

That’s six hours fewer than the average time drivers across the U.S. spent in congestion. The Seattle figure is slightly higher than it was in 2020,

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