The 101 ramps to and from Willow Road were not designed for the amount of traffic that it is currently seeing. Additionally, Willow Road backs up all the way to and beyond Middlefield Road east to the Dumbarton Bridge during rush hour. It is therefore little surprise that accidents happen on the freeway in this area. Trying to get onto 101 heading south from Willow Road is a total nightmare. I don't use it. There is too little room for getting up to speed. When someone is trying to enter at the same time someone is trying to exit, crashes are very likely. It is time to reconsider rebuilding that intersection.

I saw this accident happen. It had nothing to do with traffic dude.

agree its congested, but this was inattentive drivers. It was a 3 series bmw and a jetta, both were smashed up to the firewalls. I asked if the drivers were ok, they said so so. They were both on cell phones when I passed them, this was before the EMS and CHP arrived.

The problem is that there are few alternatives for people commuting between homes in the east bay and jobs on the peninsula. Caltrain owns the railroad bridge across the bay next to the Dumbarton, but they have essentially abandoned it. BART is coming to San Jose, but that is useless for people trying to get to the main part of Silicon Valley. Why can't we use state transportation money to reopen cross-bay commuter trains, instead of spending on those massively expensive and ultimately futile freeway expansions?

"Why can't we use state transportation money to reopen cross-bay commuter trains"

Haha, that's funny. Thanks for the laugh.

This forum shreds any use of money for mass transit. Retirees don't like gas taxes or infrastructure spending to make this a better world. After all, they have theirs, pull the ladder up behind you. Screw future generations.

The Dumbarton Rail project got defunded in the last year - the money was repurposed for the BART connection to San Jose. City councils in MP, PA and RWC spoke up to continue the project in the future.

I drive this route every day from Redwood City to East Palo Alto. With few exceptions, no matter when I drive 101 at Willow, the traffic is slow and backed up. At 10:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. My observation is that the enter/exit point for Willow Road needs a metering light. If there was a meter for entering traffic, it would allow exiting traffic to safely get off without playing dodgeball with entering cars. The traffic in this area is horrible and will only get worse as all the apartments built in Redwood City and the surrounding area become occupied. Our city officers have sold out our quality of life for tax revenue.