richmond/albany-->kentfield commute

[bloggingsara]

Does anyone do Richmond/Albany to Southern Marin commute during the week? I have to get to my destination by 8am. How long do you think it takes? Google Maps shows very little traffic however I'm very suspicious of Google Maps.

Thanks!

Comments

[wolfstoy]

580 in that direction is pretty light, but it will make a BIG difference if you have Fastrak. Fastrak gets 2/3 of the lanes in the morning so if you don't have it already, I suggest you get a Fastrak transponder. You can usually pick 'em up at Wal-Mart, Costco, most grocery stores, etc.

[creativecstasy]

Fastrak is sold at Walgreens, Safeway, and Costco. I don't think Wal Mart carries it, unless that's really recent.

I've been driving Oakland to San Rafel around 8:30 am. zipping right along!

[bloggingsara]

i've had fasttrak for a while now, thanks.

i ask because a friend of mine does richmond to kentfield around 7am and says traffic is horrible, so it got me concerned.

[anthologie]

For what it's worth, I've found Google's traffic map overlay to be very accurate.

[bloggingsara]

really? i've found myself not trusting google maps. often, it takes me longer to get to where i'm going than what google says.

[anthologie]

I don't mean their directions. I mean that when it says a segment of roadway is going at the speed limit (green), slow (yellow), or stop and go (red) it tends to be very accurate.