I Predict a Traffic Jam in 2008

BEA software from North First Street in San Jose is buying the vacant-since-2002 sapphire gem seen as you drive along 280. Problem: 380,000 square feet of Sobrato's class-A office space will be a buzy bee hive in 2008 when the shell is completed for BEA. Almaden exits from 280 will be impacted.

We need the mass transit push to begin now. Bicycling lanes require immediate striping in advance of the onslaught. It takes that long for drivers to acknowledge the changes.