Danville To Milpitas Commute??? (Stockton, Fremont: move, traffic, live)

[suzanne123]

Hello,

I am looking for information about the Danville to Milpitas commute. On Yahoo maps it is only about 35 miles, but I have heard it can be a really bad long commute. Does anyone have any knoweldge about this? Thank you!

[humboldtrat]

Traffic on I-680 between Danville and the south bay can be a bummer on most days, especially in an area called the Sunol Grade (where the freeway goes over a not too high pass).

[aslowdodge]

I remember a while back it got rated as one of the worse bay area commutes. Fremont through Pleasanton is pretty ugly.

[sonarrat]

680 is a nasty commute because it funnels traffic from a very broad geographic area down to the South Bay. 580 carries a lot of people in both directions. But for my money, it's still better than 880 with its Bay Bridge traffic.

[krudmonk]

680 over the Sunol Grade is awful. It'll take you an hour, at least. That's the direction of most Bay Area exurbs (Livermore, Stockton, etc.)

[Palindromed]

Danville to Milpitas on weekdays would take about an hour. Traffic backs up on Sunol as the grade over the hill is steep along with trucks and around 580/680 interchange near Pleasonton (ugly,just ugly). On weekends it takes only 40 minutes.

Danville/Walnut Creek area is a nice area no doubt. But if you have to commute into Silicon Valley, I'd rather move in closer to say Fremont, than do that commute everyday.

[fromthebay]

horrible commute... i would not recommend it

[fromthebay]

also adding to what palindromed said... you may want to check out fremont or even milpitas because milpitas is really nice in most areas.

[eri]

i second fromthebay on that one! HORRIBLE!!

[sc101]

Yahoo maps doesn't calculate human factors such as overloaded populations in Silicon Valley, so I stop using that a long time ago. If you still want to commute daily between those two cities, all I have to say is you're a brave soul.