https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-bay-area-gridlock-has-all-but-evaporated-as-workers-stay-home/ > It took Matthew Jue just 25 minutes to drive from his home in Newark to his job in Campbell this week, a commute that normally takes nearly twice that time. > He’s discovered what everyone on the Bay Area’s notoriously congested freeways has noticed as companies encourage employees to work from home amid the COVID-19 outbreak. “Traffic is much lighter,” he said, “outside of what’s normal.”