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Bay Area people... what's the traffic like on 101?

I commune from San Francisco to Santa Clara everyday. There are traffic from like 8am to 10:30am, but it's gotten better since they installed traffic lights on ramps. It usually takes me about an hour to go from San Francisco to Santa Clara in the morning and around 45 minutes back at night when there's mild to no traffic.

 
depending which side of SF you're coming from and where in PA you're going the 280 could be faster. much less traffic
 
Originally posted by: fs5
depending which side of SF you're coming from and where in PA you're going the 280 could be faster. much less traffic
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i'll be around where the 80 turns into the 101... i'll be north of el camino real, so i think the 280 would be too far?

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
It sucks..but it all depends on time of day. Leave very early or wait until late morning.
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how early is very early?
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Darby, it can get pretty bad but it's not as bad as doing a north on 405 commute in the mornings up here.
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good god, what kind of low standard is that?? 😛
 
I commute every day to Palo Alto from around SF, and I take the 280. I usually leave home around 9:25 and make it to the office by 10 and there is hardly ever any traffic. I try and avoid the 101 as much as I can.
 
I commute from San Francisco (Glen Park) to Menlo Park on the 101 every day, 31 miles each way.

You can cut a good chunk of commute time (around 15-20 minutes each way) if you can arrange your schedule so that you arrive at 10am instead of 9am and leave at 6pm or later instead of 5pm. That 30-40 minutes a day really adds up.

Oh, and the Friday commute back up to the city via 101 ALWAYS sucks because of all the people going up there for the evening. I don't think I've been able to leave work at the normal time and get home in less than an hour and a half in the past 2-3 months. If you have Friday plans, definitely leave early if it's at all possible.

If you're coming from the west side of the city, 280 is an option but it is 7 miles longer each way (I used to take that when I lived over in the Sunset and carpooled with my housemate to Mountain View). The only benefit is that you're usually always moving on 280, unlike the stop and go on 101. What this means is that 280 doesn't make much of a difference unless you'll be working somewhere near it.
 
Originally posted by: Sheep
I commute from San Francisco (Glen Park) to Menlo Park on the 101 every day, 31 miles each way.

You can cut a good chunk of commute time (around 15-20 minutes each way) if you can arrange your schedule so that you arrive at 10am instead of 9am and leave at 6pm or later instead of 5pm. That 30-40 minutes a day really adds up.

Oh, and the Friday commute back up to the city via 101 ALWAYS sucks because of all the people going up there for the evening. I don't think I've been able to leave work at the normal time and get home in less than an hour and a half in the past 2-3 months. If you have Friday plans, definitely leave early if it's at all possible.

If you're coming from the west side of the city, 280 is an option but it is 7 miles longer each way (I used to take that when I lived over in the Sunset and carpooled with my housemate to Mountain View). The only benefit is that you're usually always moving on 280, unlike the stop and go on 101. What this means is that 280 doesn't make much of a difference unless you'll be working somewhere near it.
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thanks much, this is very helpful 🙂 i'm not sure if i'll be able to come in late yet, any idea on when i should plan on arriving if i want to beat the front edge of the morning traffic?
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
thanks much, this is very helpful 🙂 i'm not sure if i'll be able to come in late yet, any idea on when i should plan on arriving if i want to beat the front edge of the morning traffic?
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My friend works a 7-4 shift and her commute is usually very quick and painless. You could probably get away with shifting that a half hour later, but any more than that and you'd be hitting prime traffic hours.

As for the suggestion of taking El Camino all the way down, the first day it rains here in the fall (after a completely dry four months of summer), people are dullards who forgot how to drive in the rain which means El Camino really IS faster than 101/280. Last time that happened two years ago, it took me 2.5 hours to get to work. Needless to say, last year I worked from home on that first day of rain.
 
Originally posted by: Sheep
Originally posted by: gopunk
thanks much, this is very helpful 🙂 i'm not sure if i'll be able to come in late yet, any idea on when i should plan on arriving if i want to beat the front edge of the morning traffic?
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My friend works a 7-4 shift and her commute is usually very quick and painless. You could probably get away with shifting that a half hour later, but any more than that and you'd be hitting prime traffic hours.

As for the suggestion of taking El Camino all the way down, the first day it rains here in the fall (after a completely dry four months of summer), people are dullards who forgot how to drive in the rain which means El Camino really IS faster than 101/280. Last time that happened two years ago, it took me 2.5 hours to get to work. Needless to say, last year I worked from home on that first day of rain.
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haha, it's a good thing i'll be gone before then... thanks for the info! i guess depending on workplace custom, i'll either come in at 10 or head over at 7:30 and hang out at starbucks 🙂
 
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