Both Facebook's Willow Village and Google's North Bayshore are in "transportation deserts" with no rail service and very few, already-crowded routes to get to t

Both Facebook's Willow Village and Google's North Bayshore are in "transportation deserts" with no rail service and very few, already-crowded routes to get to the other side of US 101, which forms a hard barrier to the rest of the valley otherwise. The parcels for both were acquired cheaply for that reason.