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Rush Hour: A Map Of Puget Sound’s Worst Traffic
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No Design Workaround
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By Carolyn Adolph • Jul 10, 2014
On southbound I-5 near the Ship Canal Bridge, traffic merges onto the highway at 45th Street on the right, but then must weave left four lanes to transfer to state Route 520 right after the bridge. Credit Flickr Photo/Lonnon Foster (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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It’s been a bad summer for driving in Seattle. Several accidents have shown us that surface streets cannot handle the traffic load when Interstate 5 or Highway 99 choke up. Traffic and design issues on major routes have been difficult even without an accident. The traffic data company INRIX says even before the recent spate of bad luck, Seattle-area drivers were spending 38 hours a year in their cars – four more hours than in 2012. Click on the highlighted parts of the map to see rush hour and "free flow" commute times: ‘Lots Of Moves’
The worst commute in the Puget Sound region is I-5 from Northgate to Union Street in downtown Seattle. That stretch of highway is at its worst during the afternoon commute. This route on I-5 presents a special difficulty to the state’s highway department.