> The way I like is to go down the old Monterey Hwy, Rte 82. It runs smooth
> with few lights, which are timed anyway, down from Tully Rd thru Morgan
> Hill and Gilroy. It's the old 101, remember it from the 60's, goes also
> thru the villages of Coyote and San Martin. Cool road, beats the jam south
> of Bernal and Blossom Hill.
I once tried this on a Friday afternoon, heading to Coe or the Peak. It
shaved off no time at all, and might've ADDED time.
Going 85 to 101 would have been a better choice, from the look of the
freeway, but even that only circumvents a subset of the gridlock.
Jason Newquist
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