The 10 worst commutes in the Bay Area

[sanjuro]

Now how are these on a moto?

1. U.S. Route 101, northbound/Interstate 80, eastbound, p.m. in San Francisco County: From Cesar Chavez Street to Treasure Island Tunnel
2. Interstate 80, westbound, all day in Alameda & Contra Costa counties: SR-4 to Bay Bridge Toll Plaza
3. U.S. Route 101, southbound, p.m. in Santa Clara County: Fair Oaks Avenue to Oakland Road/13th Street
4. Interstate 680, northbound, p.m. in Alameda County: Scott Creek Road to Andrade Road
5. State Route 4, eastbound, p.m. in Contra Costa County: Morello Avenue to Port Chicago Highway
6. Interstate 80, eastbound, p.m. in Alameda County: West Grand Avenue to Gilman Street
7. Interstate 880, southbound, p.m. in Alameda County: Union Street to 29th Avenue
8. Interstate 280, southbound, p.m. in Santa Clara County: Foothill Expressway to Seventh Street/10th Street/Virginia Street
9. State Route 24, eastbound, p.m. in Alameda and Contra Costa counties: Interstate 580 to Wilder Road
10. Interstate 680, northbound, p.m. in Contra Costa County: Sycamore Valley Road to Buskirk Avenue/Oak Park Boulevard

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/10/24/good-news-and-bad-news-in-bay-areas-10-worst-commutes/

 

[RightCoastBias]

They're a lot quicker.

 

[radvas]

#4 is damn near tolerable on a motorcycle. Probably saves 15-45 minutes over that distance depending on how bad traffic is.

 

[flying_hun]

I would HATE EB 24 in the afternoon in a cage. On a bike, not so bad. :ride

Some days when I'm out there I wonder how people don't go totally postal during the commute. I couldn't do it in a car.

 

[davidji]

#4 is damn near tolerable on a motorcycle. Probably saves 15-45 minutes over that distance depending on how bad traffic is.

I guess I can't disagree because near tolerable isn't tolerable. With the current construction and the barriers at the edges on both sides, I'd vote that worst commute in the bay area right now. Especially if you enter from Mission Blvd east. That on ramp backs up, and there are barriers along the edge there too.

It should become pretty good though if they finally build a proper (double white line) express lane north bound.

 

[radvas]

I guess I can't disagree because near tolerable isn't tolerable. With the current construction and the barriers at the edges on both sides, I'd vote that worst commute in the bay area right now. Especially if you enter from Mission Blvd east. That on ramp backs up, and there are barriers along the edge there too.

It should become pretty good though if they finally build a proper (double white line) express lane north bound.

Yeah. The construction made it a lot worse, that’s for sure.
I don’t do that commute anymore though. I walk to work now. :laughing

 

[tuxumino]

80 CoCoCo to SF and back Daily, splitin the BB both ways every day, rockin teh sprotbile all the while. Wassup Gray area make some room or your mirrors are in doom.

 

[SNsMoto]

#3 is horrribleeeeeeeeeeee. 880 funnels in to 101 making one of the worst bottle necks. Carpool lane in that area is a regular lane.

 

[sjuels]

I do 1, 2 and 9.
It takes me an hour and a half if I take the truck, but only 30 minutes on the bike.
I see way too many accidents to call it tolerable.

/Soren

 

[kurth83]

I do most of #8 (plus a bit more north of foothill), but get off on bird, a few exits before 11th.

I consider it to be ok on a moto (if you like splitting), impossible in a cage, even if you have carpool access.

On a moto it's 35 min in traffic, in a car it's 1.5 hours (one way).

The main thing that makes it tolerable is there aren't any 101-like exits that exit from the #1 lane, it's a straight uninterrupted split most of the way, large emergency lane, and carpool lane when things speed up, so comfortable in a moto kind of a way.

 

[Reli]

What I've never understood is why southbound 680 is never as bad as northbound is.

 

[CocoLoco]

880 from Mission/Warren to 237.

 

[bigpoppa]

#5 should really be Hwy 4 west bound in the morning and east bound in the evening between 680 and Railroad Ave in Pittsburg. Like flying_hun said, I don't know how people do it every day in a car. I would lose my mind.

I do Hwy 4 & 680 for my daily commute and the bike definitely shaves 30 minutes or so off my commute on average depending on congestion level.

 

[NCGiant]

I do #3 in SJ daily on my bike and split the whole way. On my bike from the airport to 280/680 is at most 10 mins. In my car I have had it take over an hour on bad Fridays.

 

[FreeRyde]

What cracks me up is the "worst" commutes are broken down into small segments, when in reality a real commute is a summation of half of the routes on the list.

:rofl

 

[Slow Goat]

What I've never understood is why southbound 680 is never as bad as northbound is.

No one is in a hurry to get to work.

 

[FreeRyde]

No one is in a hurry to get to work.

I find just the opposite, traffic headed home is usually way slower and more calm.

Morning traffic is super aggressive and more dangerous cause people don't want to be late.

 

[Reli]

680 between Walnut Creek and Danville:

7:30 AM -- equally busy north and south

2:30 to 7 PM ---- northbound is way busier than south

WTF?

 

[VicTim]

I'm so lucky to live and work in Alameda so I have no commute. The commute is the price of living in the Bay Area.

 

[Climber]

What I hate are all of the people cutting over from 80 to 24 in the morning fucking up San Pablo Dam road! Many of them are aggressive and rude, making for some real douchebag driving. There's one douchebag who has several times driven in the breakdown lane for a mile as if he is going to take Indian Springs rd, then pulls back into traffic at the intersection. Asshole!