Right; traffic was one of the main reasons we lived so close 'in'. Over 11 years, we lived in three different apartments, always within 10 minutes bike ride to Caltrain, and every place I worked was within a 10 minute bike ride from Caltrain.

Bicycling around takes time, but I considered it worth while since it doubled as good, low impact cardio.

We also stayed primarily in Mountain View because of the schools.

But yeah, from 2009-2020, traffic went from somewhat manageable to batshit crazy.