Traffic Problems Have Peaked (?)

The cones come out on weekday afternoons.

In 2019 our City Council decided to make it more difficult for cars to use surface streets on the way to Highway 92 in the afternoon. The solution was to block from 4 to 7 p.m. the Foster City routes that the through-traffic takes.

Congestion has gotten worse from four years ago:

Because Foster City sits on the nexus between major highways 101 and 92 (the San Mateo Bridge), it's nearly impossible for residents to get into or out of the City in under 30 minutes during rush hour. (Compounding the problem, East-Bay commuters often use our surface streets when the freeways are jammed.)

Last week I spent 30 minutes on the offramp to Foster City in the late afternoon. And so it is on weekdays that I avoid going home between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., nor do I leave between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.

FWIW, your humble blogger thinks traffic problems have peaked:
1) Employment growth will be stunted from politicians' attacks on Big Tech;
2) The housing "shortage" doesn't exist, not at these prices which started to come down last year;
3) More people are leaving than coming to the Bay Area--even the Chronicle's "Bay Area exodus" reporter is moving away.

If you are retired and aren't in the process of leaving---despite your house being worth more than you ever dreamed, and despite the increasing misery of traffic, over-crowding, homelessness, and crime--than you'll probably never leave.