I think that is the practical solution. Even public transit systems have to go suffer rush hours ! Capacity of a transit system be it public or individual wil

I think that is the practical solution. Even public transit systems have to go suffer rush hours ! Capacity of a transit system be it public or individual will never match the load. If the employers only ask the employees to come in 2 days a week or only when necessary, there should be a significant improvement in the situation. This could be even tried as an experiment for a while to see how it plays out. I have been commuting in London for about 7 years now and I cry when I see how much the commute costs me and the sub-par service that I have to deal with on the services feeding into the main hub I have to get to to be able to use the tube. The tube service itself is not so bad but I cannot afford to live inside the zones where I only have to use TFL services. The best solution is for the companies in SV (or other major employment nerve centers) to realise that making all of your employees commute everyday into work is the root cause. Just chiming in here with this example since I have had the chance to use the VTA for about a month and I have first hand experience of a well established transit system i.e. London. I personally loved the VTA trams since very few people used them even in rush hour, they always travel at ground or above ground level (underground travel does get a bit depressing for me), effective air conditioning (never experienced a fart-attack although my time spent on VTA is very little), always get a seat and there's "free" Wifi. Most local coworkers who I knew there were driving and they were driving in early and leaving early to avoid the back up on 101 or the 280 routes. That's what I do on my commute on the public transport system even. But if everybody managed to learn that trick, then it's the same situation in the end.