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Dot-Com Slowdown Speeds Up Bay Area Traffic

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
29 March 2002 - 5:00am

The collapse of the dot-coms in the Bay Area has eased traffic on the area's freeways. It is the biggest one-year decline in nearly a decade.

"The Valley Transportation Authority report, to be released later this week, is the first attempt at tabulating what many commuters have reported since the dot-com implosion -- far fewer cars on the road. Rush-hour tie-ups that just two years ago smothered every freeway and clogged dozens of intersections from pre-dawn to dusk have, in some cases, almost disappeared."

Full Story: Recession eases South Bay commute
Source: San Jose Mercury News, March 28, 2002
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