...net> wrote: At 6 p.m. it took longer to cross than any a.m. commute I have ever been in. Radio reports said it was backed up to Richmond and that had been the case all day. Any one know the reason(s)? In addition to the factors already mentioned, another factor could be the huge BART delays making people decide to drive instead: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n...

...Radio reports said it was backed up to Richmond and that had been the case all day. Any one know the reason(s)? Yes; too many ... weekday commute. This is not unusual. The Saturday traffic on the bridge is often the worst. I think there's a combination... metering lights in their commute mode (both the ones on the bridge, and on the on-ramps further down the Nimitz). I also suspect...

... Grapman spake thus: At 6 p.m. it took longer to cross than any a.m. commute I have ever been in. Radio reports said it was backed up to Richmond and that had been the case all day. Any one know the reason(s)? Yes; too many damn cars on the road. This was way beyond that, worse than any weekday commute. By the way, I was returning from Pleasanton. In ...

At 6 p.m. it took longer to cross than any a.m. commute I have ever been in. Radio reports said it was backed up to Richmond and that had been the case all day. Any one know the reason(s)?

On Aug 17, 12:55 pm, spop...@speedymail.org (Steve Pope) wrote: I also suspect there are more break-downs on weekends -- commuters tend to drive vehicles that are in better repair. This is a fascinating speculation. I suspect you may be right. There may also be the effect this year of drivers having cancelled their summer vacation plans due to gas prices, so they instead go...