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10-06-2007, 02:25 PM
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Danville To Milpitas Commute???
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!
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10-07-2007, 03:28 PM
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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).
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10-10-2007, 03:09 AM
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I remember a while back it got rated as one of the worse bay area commutes. Fremont through Pleasanton is pretty ugly.
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10-18-2007, 11:36 PM
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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.
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10-19-2007, 11:30 AM
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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.)
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10-23-2007, 06:55 AM
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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.
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10-27-2007, 04:05 PM
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horrible commute... i would not recommend it
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10-27-2007, 04:06 PM
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also adding to what palindromed said... you may want to check out fremont or even milpitas because milpitas is really nice in most areas.
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11-01-2007, 12:46 AM
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i second fromthebay on that one! HORRIBLE!!
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11-25-2007, 04:30 AM
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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.
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