Seattleites spent almost 6 days stuck in traffic last year

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Soon, Seattle is going to have to get used to a tolled highway within the main part of the city and not just going to the Eastside. But that's not the only way Seattleites are paying for driving.

According to the latest Global Traffic Scorecard by Kirkland-based traffic data cruncher INRIX, the average Seattle driver lost 138 hours to congestion in 2018 -- or 5.75 days. According to INRIX, the cost of congestion for the city was $2.9 billion, or, on a per driver basis, $1,932.

If that sounds bad, know that Seattle only ranked about sixth in the U.S. by INRIX's impact ranking, and 58th out of the 200 cities the company studied worldwide.

The top U.S. city impacted by congestion is Boston, where 164 hours (6.8 days) were lost last year, to the tune of $2,291 per driver.

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Seattle-traffic-INRIX-report-congestion-commute-13625506.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletterspi&utm_term=spi

[LisaM]

1. To which Uber and Lyft contribute

This article is a little garbled and inconclusive, but if you read between the lines, you'll see that Uber has something like 14,000 drivers on the streets. 14,000. And now they're (of course) advocating congestion pricing, which is about as ethical as surge pricing, if you ask me.



https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/uber-lyft-boosted-car-travel-by-94-million-miles-in-seattle-last-year-study-says/