I commute from Lafayette to Vacaville daily.

The commute is great, there is never any traffic.

sorry to say it sucks going the other way though

-Zoeb

 

I take 680 from dublin/pleasanton -> milpitas everday. Going is better than coming home since there's a carpool lane on the sunol grade southbound. It takes about 30 minutes in the morning around 8am with a little backup at the bottom of the sunol grade. I'd imagine from Walnut Creek you'd add another 15 minutes to that.

Going home it takes me about 10-15 minutes longer, there's usually a slowdown between calaveras and washington/mission on 680 from 5-7pm.

It's actually not that bad - I used to do this during the silicon valley boom ('98) from pinole to san jose. That took at least 1 hour 45 min - 2 hours. And commuted from treat blvd in Walnut Creek to san jose in '99 - that was 1.5 hours.

good luck - have a good selection of CDs, coffee, and listen to KGO810 traffic reports on the 8s (5:08, 5:18, etc)

 

I'd watch out on the Sunol grade - they're watching for commuter lane violators and speeders. I've seen them waiting on both the north/south bound directions on different on-ramps.

I think I see more CHP on 880 though... but it only takes one

*edit - to remove fobby language*

 

I've lived in Orinda for 17 years and have never seen 1 CHP on 680. maybe its different farther south near milpitas. but even when i go down there using 680 i never see any CHP.

 

its the big hill between sunol blvd and washington in fremont. It's about a 2 mile stretch. It used to be a nightmare of a commute, but it's a LOT better since the carpool lane went in and layoffs in the silicon valley occured.

 

i've seen plenty of chp on 680 in that area. Since there are a lot of on and off ramps its tricky to spot them before they spot you. Once i saw a whole school of like 20 CHP motorcycle cops sitting at a truck weigh station. I'd refrain from speeding in that area, know lots of friends that have been caught.

 

damn....hella people from lamorinda...how come I never see u guys around??

 

We kids in Moraga are sheltered and scared of the outside world

 

I just started a new job in Fremont, and I must say the traffic is very fickle. Yesterday it took me 45 minutes to get there, this morning, about an hour 15... I need to move.

 

YES! There are cops sitting around on 680. I'm guessing from Walnut Creek/Layfayette to San Ramon area? I go that way every morning. At least once a week they'd sit on blind spot in the carpool lane.

 

The only ticket I have ever gotten was on 680SB in Danville. But I do see cops cruising the carpool lane looking for violaters cuz I know that is a huige ticket, much more then speeding.