[quote=AN][quote=bearishgurl]
Commuting from SD’s urban core to and from an employer situated to the north would be a breeze on I-5 or SR-163 as the “rush hour” would be on the opposite side of the freeway.[/quote]
When’s the last time you’ve done this? I can guarantee you that traffic goes north in the morning and south in the afternoon. So you are sitting in traffic and not the other way around. The only way for you to be against traffic is if you live around Mira Mesa area and work in the urban core.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=92126&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.823846,114.169922&layer=t&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=San+Diego,+California+92126&ll=32.75783,-117.069283&spn=0.212788,0.445976&t=h&z=12
You can change time you want to see instead of live traffic data.
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I have to agree with AN here. In the 80’s I lived downtown and commuted to Oceanside. This was before a lot of businesses moved to Carlsbad and it was definitely a reverse commute. I went 40 miles in 40 minutes because it was a 95% freeway commute and the freeway moved in my direction and was a parking lot in the opposite direction.

That changed signficantly in the 90’s… It’s now a parking lot in both directions during commute times. I have friends who live in my neighborhood (University City) where one person commutes to Carlsbad – it’s NOT a reverse commute – it’s stop and go traffic as they head north in the morning, and south in the evening. My husband had a job near El Camino and Carmel Valley Rd in 2001/2002… it took him 30 minutes to go less than 10 miles because of traffic.