San Jose Merc News transportation journalist Gary Richards wrote of the recently released VTA report showing Highway 87 has the worst traffic for Silicon Valley highways.
The 9-mile route from the Almaden Valley to the northern part of San Jose has the most stop-and-go traffic in Santa Clara County during commute hours, according to the Valley Transportation Authority. Traffic on about 78 percent of the six-lane freeway creeps along below 35 mph during morning and afternoon rush-hour periods,
It’s a good thing Bay Area commuters have options!





