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These images show how commuting has downsized as coronavirus spreads through major US tech hubs

These images show how commuting has downsized as coronavirus spreads through major US tech hubs

On February 29, Washington declared a state of emergency. Now, gatherings of more than 250 people are banned.

San Francisco's BART was nearly empty during rush hour, according to one user.

Bay Area ‘rush hour’ morning bart commute 😷. #CoronavirusUSA pic.twitter.com/QqCI9zQlPU

— Zeenat Subedar (@zeenatsubedar) March 10, 2020

Another posted an image from Google Maps showing traffic across Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. Green areas are for well moving traffic, while red means congestion.

Surest sign yet that shit's getting real. This is rush-hour traffic today in the Bay Area. pic.twitter.com/Pp1siuN3LQ

— Kevin Fox 🦊 (@kfury) March 11, 2020

Another called it the "Covid19 commute," after COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Aside from the Bay Bridge typical slowing… I don’t recall seeing this much green at 7 o’clock on a weekday. Is this Covid19 commute? pic.twitter.com/V6GC8e6MSn

— Rob Mayeda (@RobMayeda) March 10, 2020

Commuters on Twitter said that traffic is typically bumper-to-bumper throughout the region, like in this image of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge from 2015.

Since COVID-19 has spread, a person in Palo Alto noted how much traffic had decreased as Facebook mandated work from home.

See a complete list of tech companies encouraging or requiring remote work here.

This this is my bay area commute today. This road in East Palo Alto is typically bumper to bumper with Facebooker traffic. #COVID19 #coronavirus #Sfbayareatraffic pic.twitter.com/yMQYN3cujr

— Omar A. (@OmarAAnsari) March 9, 2020

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