If it feels like traffic delays in the Seattle area have gotten worse of late, there is some new data to back up those beliefs. Seattle-area drivers lost an average of 58 hours to traffic delays in 2023, a 12-hour jump from 2022 according to the 2023 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard. This was the largest jump in average hours delayed of any of the 25 U.S. metro areas included in the report. While there was a significant jump from 2022 to 2023, the delays are still down 11% from before the COVID pandemic. Overall, 10 of the 25 urban areas in INRIX's report have met or exceeded pre-pandemic levels of delay. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/traffic/traffic-news/seattle-traffic-delays-2023-report/281-b07e3dd1-397f-4be1-83d1-fad268e64097