It's rush hour in the Bay Area and there's 0 traffic on the 101 or any of the bridges

RastaMentality · Mar 11, 2020

Never seen this before:

I guess this just shows what happens when a single high paying industry dominates a region.

By comparison, this is LA:

Context: Google, Facebook, Apple, and all major tech companies have instructed their employees to WFH next week and the rest of this week.

A. D. Skinner · Mar 11, 2020

.......what industry is that?

Hindl · Mar 11, 2020

A. D. Skinner said:
.......what industry is that?

Tech? That's where Silicon Valley is

Z-Beat · Mar 11, 2020

A. D. Skinner said:
.......what industry is that?

bioweaponry?

Joking aside, no one needs to leave considering what NorCal is tech-wise

Greatestjediever · Mar 11, 2020

Probably means IT where a lot of people can work remote

mister.metronome · Mar 11, 2020

A. D. Skinner said:
.......what industry is that?

Tech companies with remote work capabilities, so practically every one of them

carlsojo · Mar 11, 2020

Yeah the caltrain was empty this morning except for my fellow hospital workers.

MindofKB · Mar 11, 2020

Most tech companies have instructed their employees to WFH.

BringBackSonics · Mar 11, 2020

Seattle has been the same. Mostly Green.

RastaMentality · Mar 11, 2020

MindofKB said:
Most tech companies have instructed their employees to WFH.

Yep Google just stopped serving food today too which I imagine was the main motivator for a lot of people to still come in.

Godfather · Mar 11, 2020

I assume this is due to more people telecommuting with the outbreak? Maybe WFH being more common(and thus helping the environment by keeping cars off the road), will be an unintentional upside to all this.

Darknight · Mar 11, 2020

So Google tells everyone to stay home and roads are clear. I guess we know who contributes the most traffic now...

insaddingaround · Mar 11, 2020

On the bus to SF now. Empty. No traffic. It's great.

vatstep · Mar 11, 2020

This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

kickz · Mar 11, 2020

vatstep said:
This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

Zombie apocalypse type shit

Chikor · Mar 11, 2020

Seattle area right now -

Deleted member 8741 · Mar 11, 2020

Minneapolis isn't near that point yet, but driving the work the last few days has been a breeze compared to normal. Hopeful that means some of the cities are trying to get ahead of this.

xxracerxx · Mar 11, 2020

That's fucking wild. Seattle is the same.

B'z-chan · Mar 11, 2020

Traffic is non existent on most city streets too in the area. I'm a block away from Apples Cupertino campus and over the last few days I've noticed the air is actually cleaner to breathe. And not a moment too soon as I'm suffering with a respiratory illness.

Antrax · Mar 11, 2020

vatstep said:
This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

Yeah, my commute isn't too bad (since I live in the city technically and work out in Wakefield), but it was a breeze this morning lol

Stinkles · Mar 11, 2020

LA gridlock — all red. Still the best it's been in 20 years. Only a matter of time before someone steals a tank and heads to riverside county obviously.

RastaMentality · Mar 11, 2020

xxracerxx said:
That's fucking wild. Seattle is the same.

It's wild that it's not easy for other cities not immediately affected to shut down this easily. Oil and gas companies haven't even let their employees wfh yet which means houston will be moving as planned.

NTGYK · Mar 11, 2020

I'm curious when Vancouver will echo this.

HipsterMorty · Mar 11, 2020

Chikor said:
Seattle area right now -

Seattle with no rush hour traffic and I can't even take advantage of it, such a shame. I really hope this whole covid-19 thing leads to companies letting people WFH on the regular.

Joshua · Mar 11, 2020

TomTom has these congestion pages for major cities, click on "Last 7 Days" to see the downward effect on some of these areas:

San Jose: https://tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/san-jose-traffic/
Los Angeles: https://tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/los-angeles-traffic/
Seattle: https://tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/seattle-traffic/

Each page has a graph showing this weeks traffic vs the 2019 average.

Doogdogg · Mar 11, 2020

vatstep said:
This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

see old images of Boston pre big dig. lol

GulAtiCa · Mar 11, 2020

Atlanta right now. wow

TheAbsolution · Mar 11, 2020

GulAtiCa said:
Atlanta right now. wow

Tbf, it is the lunch hour right now. Lighter than normal but I'm fairly sure that rush hour was still pretty bad today.

xxracerxx · Mar 11, 2020

GulAtiCa said:
Atlanta right now. wow

It's noon.

Sixfortyfive · Mar 11, 2020

GulAtiCa said:
Atlanta right now. wow

It's been lighter than usual this week but not as empty as the OP.

inner-G · Mar 11, 2020

Chikor said:
Seattle area right now -

I kinda want to call into work the rest of the day and just cruise around with my dogs lol

StopMakingSense · Mar 11, 2020

Stinkles said:
LA gridlock — all red. Still the best it's been in 20 years. Only a matter of time before someone steals a tank and heads to riverside county obviously.

yeah, you notice it especially outside of drive time, where the spots traffic usually builds up off commute hours is really clear.

spam musubi · Mar 11, 2020

Darknight said:
So Google tells everyone to stay home and roads are clear. I guess we know who contributes the most traffic now...

It's not just google. It's literally all companies in the area. Santa Clara county issued a guidance to the companies saying to enact WFH.

GulAtiCa · Mar 11, 2020

Sixfortyfive said:
It's been lighter than usual this week but not as empty as the OP.

Of course. My commute is crazy light currently. Esp with all the school closing yesterday (i think they are re-opened today).

Deleted member 4274 · Mar 11, 2020

Greatestjediever said:
Probably means IT where a lot of people can work remote

You know, this call for people to work remotely is asinine to me. I really feel for the vast majority of the work force who can't work from home, or avoid people. Shit is about to get a lot worse, Trump gone or not.

Deleted member 5853 · Mar 11, 2020

It's a blessed day. These past couple days, the BART has been pretty much empty. Hell, even at 5PM, there's space on the outbound trains from SF!

Astronut325 · Mar 11, 2020

Got to work in 25 minutes today. I can't remember the last time that happened! And this is Los Angeles! Usually takes me hour+!

jvalioli · Mar 11, 2020

Darknight said:
So Google tells everyone to stay home and roads are clear. I guess we know who contributes the most traffic now...

Most google workers that take the 101 take a bus to work.

Lobster Roll · Mar 11, 2020

Chikor said:
Seattle area right now -

I've only visited Seattle once, but I recall the I-5 being an absolute nightmare for traffic. Really weird to see it so open.

Fulminator · Mar 11, 2020

vatstep said:
This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

The T and busses are still reasonably crowded though

broflap · Mar 11, 2020

vatstep said:
This was Boston yesterday at 6:30pm. The day before we were named the city with the worst rush-hour traffic for the second year in a row.

I was thinking maybe it had to do with spring break lol

Stinkles · Mar 11, 2020

Lobster Roll said:
I've only visited Seattle once, but I recall the I-5 being an absolute nightmare for traffic. Really weird to see it so open.

i5 is almost always a shitshow at Everett, then Edmonds/405 interchange area, then Northgate to Boeing Field then ALL OF TACOMA then stop and hoot reasonable to Portland.

I take weird pleasure in driving from Vancouver toSeattle around 3am because you can usually do 60-70-80* from Peace Arch to Seattle.

*70 is upper limit but I'm a firm believer in +5/10 over in dry safe clear conditions.

BubbaKrumpz · Mar 11, 2020

Sweet!

Tom Nook · Mar 11, 2020

Traffic going home was all sailing for me.

Majik13 · Mar 11, 2020

yep noticed this mostly yesterday, commute has been so nice.

Cation · Mar 11, 2020

Meanwhile Pittsburgh has shit traffic, moved up for some reason...

LordGorchnik · Mar 11, 2020

North Dallas has been pretty calm for the most part in the mornings. Afternoons can get a bit rough though.

Optional Objectives · Mar 11, 2020

nihilence · Mar 11, 2020

What about the tubes from all the teleconference traffic?

Cajun · Mar 11, 2020

LordGorchnik said:
North Dallas has been pretty calm for the most part in the mornings. Afternoons can get a bit rough though.

I've noticed it's slightly lighter in Dallas. 75 has been pretty smooth but 635 is still a total nightmare in rush hour.

It's rush hour in the Bay Area and there's 0 traffic on the 101 or any of the bridges

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