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

Aurongel · Mar 11, 2020

North Austin is largely dead as well, especially around the Domain area (Indeed, IBM, Amazon, VRBO, Texas Instruments). My organization is (thus far) the largest tech company around here that hasn't issued a blanket WFH decree.

That said, I did hear one of our company executives mention that they're worried people will be hesitant to eventually transition back to the office after working from home for an extended period. Couldn't have rolled my eyes harder when I heard that tripe...

finalflame · 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 a bunch of companies.

Who’s staying home because of COVID-19?

A list of all the companies WFH or events changed because of covid-19

stayinghome.club

No shit when the biggest professional sector in a region tells its employees to stay home, traffic is going to be reduced.

Mortemis · Mar 11, 2020

Just tells me more people in general need to work from home. Good for the environment, traffic, and mental well being (depending on the person of course).

Socivol · Mar 11, 2020

I just got hired at a SF based start up and the whole company is -working remotely for the next two weeks so my onboarding will be remote instead of in-person. Seems the companies in the Bay area are taking it very seriously.

Alcander · Mar 11, 2020

I work in SF and commute from the suburbs about 25 miles south. Normally in the mornings it takes 1 hour plus to get in. I made it in 35 minutes every day this week. Its surreal.

platypotamus · Mar 11, 2020

I have been WFH-ed by work (in Kirkland) since last Thursday. On Monday I went in to the office to get a few things I had forgotten to bring home with me. I went at morning rush hour, because it was preventing me from working at this point anyway, so I wanted to get it done so I could not be a total slacker immediately after starting WFH. My normal commute in the morning is about an hour.

Stopping at starbucks, the office, and one other store on the way home, i was there and back in an hour and ten minutes.

Citizencope · Mar 11, 2020

Breezed right through the 93/95 cloverleaf in the Boston area today. I've been driving for 30 years(gulp) and haven't seen anything like it.

Darknight · Mar 11, 2020

spam musubi said:
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.

finalflame said:
It's not just Google, it's a bunch of companies.

Who’s staying home because of COVID-19?

A list of all the companies WFH or events changed because of covid-19

stayinghome.club

No shit when the biggest professional sector in a region tells its employees to stay home, traffic is going to be reduced.

It was a joke based off the announcement Google made yesterday. Clearly it's a cumulative thing from various companies.

zerocypher · Mar 11, 2020

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

This is partially because it's spring break but I'm sure there are corona reasons, too

Kelsdesu · Mar 11, 2020

Tech bros are a cowardly lot.

SapientWolf · Mar 11, 2020

What if WFH works so well that everyone just continues doing it? That would be the dream, wouldn't it?

blue_whale · Mar 11, 2020

I hope this telecommuting thing in the bay area ends up being permanent. It would save a huge amount of daily carbon emissions.

Bobson Dugnutt · Mar 11, 2020

SapientWolf said:
What if WFH works so well that everyone just continues doing it? That would be the dream, wouldn't it?

This, plus a cut down on 24/7 consumerism would be great takeaways from this, in addition to better hygiene. Would be great for collective wellbeing. For humans and the planet.

RastaMentality · Mar 11, 2020

NihonTiger · Mar 11, 2020

The drive into Boulder this morning was like a holiday-level congestion. Very light. Looks like the TomTom data shows a bit of a downswing from the normal levels in Denver as well.

I-25 is still pretty clogged, but that's fairly normal.

smileyforall220 · Mar 11, 2020

Octodad said:
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.

Really? I know the U of M is doing online classes now, but we only have like 5 cases right now. At least in St. Paul its still business as usual traffic wise.

Deleted member 8741 · Mar 11, 2020

smileyforall220 said:
Really? I know the U of M is doing online classes now, but we only have like 5 cases right now. At least in St. Paul its still business as usual traffic wise.

Yah. I dip right into the congestion on 35W and I've cruised full speed since Monday.

5 cases is plenty. It's gonna get bad next week everywhere. 5 reported cases probably means a few hundred in reality.

smileyforall220 · Mar 11, 2020

Octodad said:
Yah. I dip right into the congestion on 35W and I've cruised full speed since Monday.

5 cases is plenty. It's gonna get bad next week everywhere. 5 reported cases probably means a few hundred in reality.

Thats crazy, I wonder how Updown is doing during this, since that place is PACKED on a friday night.

m_shortpants · Mar 11, 2020

I went in to the office on Monday (From Santa Clara to SF), and it was the fastest I've done that drive in recent memory. Insane.

Pwnz · Mar 11, 2020

Chikor said:
Seattle area right now -

We could do this 90% of the time. Think of the environmental impact.

Prolepro · Mar 11, 2020

Shit that's LA on a good day too

Samiya · Mar 11, 2020

Everyone across the US should stay home and only have essential personnel working.

Deleted member 8741 · Mar 11, 2020

smileyforall220 said:
Thats crazy, I wonder how Updown is doing during this, since that place is PACKED on a friday night.

I genuinely would encourage everyone to avoid settings like that for a few weeks. UpDown seems like a perfect place to be a spreader.

tokkun · Mar 11, 2020

smileyforall220 said:
Really? I know the U of M is doing online classes now, but we only have like 5 cases right now. At least in St. Paul its still business as usual traffic wise.

A lot of universities are doing it now because they have Spring Break in the next week or two. Having all those students coming back to the classrooms after traveling was a disaster waiting to happen.

jb1234 · Mar 11, 2020

Pwnz said:
We could do this 90% of the time. Think of the environmental impact.

The air quality difference is noticeable.

Disco Stu · Mar 11, 2020

Hope someone does a study over this time of the productivity difference between office work and working from home.

Be great if it was comparable and it drastically limited traffic/car pollution.

badatorigami · Mar 11, 2020

Weird, my commute on I-80 West from the Sac Area towards the bay has been unusually congested the past couple days.

RastaMentality · Mar 12, 2020

jb1234 said:
The air quality difference is noticeable.

IS it really?

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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