Inside Bay Area 22 months ago

Experiment uses phones to track I-880 traffic

UNION CITY Bay Area residents are already spoiled by the ability to call 511.org and find out how many minutes it will take them to get from Hayward to Fremont, or San Rafael to San Jose for that matter. Full Article at Inside Bay Area

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