[quote=bearishgurl]
Do you know any details about funneling those throngs of young workers with families onto the 56 westbound in the morning?? Is it two vehicles per green (blinking light) on the fwy entrance ramp(s)? If so, what is the time frame to UCSD from Carmel Country Ranch (new development), in your estimation??[/quote]

56 is congested during rush hour as far back as the last Carmel Valley exit, and it can be backed up halfway to Camino Del Sur. I try to stay away from 56 if I have to be in UTC before 9:30. (You might recall from my old posts that I’m all the way in Escondido and I take 15 to 52/Miramar/56 to work. Miramar from 15 to 805 is no more than 10 minutes, even during the worst part of rush hour.) Hence, if I were to buy a house closer to work, I’d be willing to pay extra for a house with direct access to Carmel Mountain Road onramp to 5.

[quote]I’m surmising a portion of the SFR population of 92122 is retired and thus not clogging the (southern) surface sts of 92122 at rush hour, whereas the population of 92130 is clogging both the fwy and relevant surface sts to and from (am/pm).[/quote]

There is a total of 1 surface street that connects 92122 north (jobs) and south (houses), namely, Genesee, and it’s two lanes each way and it’s badly congested during rush hour. The second surface street that might connect eventually is Regents, but NIMBYs of 92122 have been quite successful at blocking the construction of the Regents bridge over the canyon.

Freeways through 92122 are congested by everyone who lives south of 92122, including even people who live in Chula Vista.