Jan 21, 2025 - News
Here's how long it takes to drive 6 miles in Seattle
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Seattle had some of the slowest driving times among U.S. cities last year, according to recent data from TomTom.
Zoom in: In Seattle, it took an average of 16.3 minutes to drive six miles in 2024, according to TomTom's annual Traffic Index, which was released earlier this month.
- That's the 12th-slowest figure among the 93 U.S. cities included in TomTom's data.
Yes, but: Travel times in Seattle are much faster than in New York, where it took 30 minutes to travel six miles by car, or San Francisco, where it took nearly 26 minutes.
The bottom line: Let's call this another good argument for taking light rail or the bus.