john goodwin. "it is a 10 percent increase from a year ago, and with more historical facts, it is 80 percent worse from 2010. your viewers know, they are stuck in traffic, morning, afternoon all the time. besides the bay bridge - goodwin. a close second, highway 4 into sf, worse then ever. 101 on the pennisula is bad, as well and so is any route going into sillicon valley. and that brings up another point, why has it gotten so bad. goodwin. blame it on the successful economy. basically the jobs are in sf and silicon valley, so everything is impacted in and out of the area. simi. i think it is worse then la. it didn't take much to get commuters to talk about their traffic woes. micheal white, commuter. it is a nightmare, took an hour to get into the city today from oakland. goodwin. there is some help on the way. next month, an express lane is going in on the 580 corridor. (estacio live) and there are many other plans that are on the drawing board to try and ease up the traffic woes facing commuters

john goodwin. "it is a 10 percent increase from a year ago, and with more historical facts, it is 80 percent worse from 2010. your viewers know, they are stuck in traffic, morning, afternoon all the time. besides the bay bridge - goodwin. a close second, highway 4 into sf, worse then ever. 101 on the pennisula is bad, as well and so is any route going into sillicon valley. and that brings up another point, why has it gotten so bad. goodwin. blame it on the successful economy. basically the jobs are in sf and silicon valley, so everything is impacted in and out of the area. simi. i think it is worse then la. it didn't take much to get commuters to talk about their traffic woes. micheal white, commuter. it is a nightmare, took an hour to get into the city today from oakland. goodwin. there is some help on the way. next month, an express lane is going in on the 580 corridor. (estacio live) and there are many other plans that are on the drawing board to try and ease up the traffic woes facing commuters

(john goodwin/mtc, public information officer): "it is the down turn of economic growth... it comes down to access into and out of san francisco and silicon valley." a glimpse of hope is in sight. goodwin sight.hope is in a glimpse of a glimpse of hope is in sight. goodwin says the commission is looking into solutions. those include express lanes and reconfiguring old interchanges. (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at our sutro camera... joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... an upper level low will dominate the western us through this week. there is a slight chance of rain in the far north bay wednesday morning as a frontal system moves through otherwise look for dry and breezy conditions with cooler than average temperatures. a slow warming trend is expected by the weekend. (grant) still ahead at nine... sorry, michael jordan... it looks like your days as the king of the sneaker world may be over... the new shoe brand that is now the second- most popular sneaker.(vicki) and for all you amazon shoppers out there....

john goodwin with the metropolitian transportaiotn commision says the annual traffic report for the bayot bring good news for commuters. goodwin. "it really comes down to access into and out of bay bridge and silicon valley where are jobs are. however, goodwin adds the transit commission is working on some solutions for example dgoodwin. "next month, express lanes will be opening up between walnut creek and and san ramon. and - there are plans for a problematic interchange in the east bay which right now is a hot spot. goodwin. the interchange at 680 and highway 4, now in topspot. it is really an obsolete interchange. goodwin adds the toll increase would pay for the interchange to be improved for traffic flow. more meteroing lights are also being looked out to help with getting things going. and more express lanes could be coming to the 101 corridor on the peninsula. however, although some improvements could be made, some areas are faced with big challenges. goodwin. 101 is already built out. katie rodden walker. my commute from brisbane to aokland has more than doubled. it is awful. fo

. >> reporter: john goodwin says the new report by his agency shows your commute today is 3.5 minutes longer than it was last year. >> that is 3.5 minutes for every working person in the bay area. >> reporter: and that's up 10% more or less from 2015: and 80% worse than 2010. top three most congested segments, the afternoon crawl in san francisco on 101, and 80 getting on to the bay bridge, all the way to the island tunnel. number two, westbound i-80 drive from route 4 to fremont street. the slog on southbound 101 from mountain view to san jose. the study defines congestion as going 30 miles an hour or slower for 15 minutes at a time or longer. that's 35 or less for sometimes much longer. that stretch of westbound i-80 is jam packed with cars all day, from 5:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. for the first time in the history of the study, there is no break in the middle of the day. >> weekends as well, it's that bad. >> reporter: the traffic is tied to the booming economy. so it is a good problem to have. it's just the dark lining of the silver cloud. >> reporter: a cloud that get darker every

. >> reporter: john goodwin says the new report by his agency the metropolitan transportation commission shows your commute today is 3 1/2 minutes longer than it was last year. >> so that's 3 1/2 minutes for every person in the bay area and that's up 10% more or less from where it was in 2015. >> reporter: 80% worse than 2010. top three most congested freeway segments in the bay area, the afternoon crawl in san francisco on 101 and 80 getting on the bay bridge. the westbound i-80 from state route 4 in hercules to fremont street in san francisco. 3, the slog on southbound 101 from mountain view to san jose. the study defines congestion as going 35 miles per hour or slower for 15 minutes at a time or longer. 30 minutes or less or longer. westbound 80 is jam parked with cars all day from 5:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. for the first time in the history of the study there is no break in the middle of the day. >> weeken , as well. it's bad. >> reporter: it's tied to the economy. >> it's a good problem but the dark lining of the silver cloud. >> reporter: a cloud that gets darker every year. joe vaz

please don't leave anything valuable in you car i would like to introduce you to u.s park ranger john goodwinhe's been on a mission what the thieves look at they look at these stickers right here so they can determine it's a rental car vehicle, and look at this so they know you have a gps or you have an iphone somewhere .to combat auto burglaries in the golden gate national recreation area and he's not just targeting tourist i've reached out to every car rentals there's 17 letters i wrote out to cooperate offices san francisco airport oakland airport san jose airport head back from one that is actually doing something (who) . hertz . herts is doing something out at sfo that says lock your vehicle take your valuables. there are signs set up at in the marin headlands that show photo's of car break-ins and information on how to avoid being a victim rangers also help get the word out by conducting impromptu car inspections and give parked cars an unofficial report card by looking for the things the bad guys look for we have doors left unlocked which is a common thing, windows or sunroof open and