What Gridlock?

Angry Poodle mentions the proposition that staggering work hours for commuters would eliminate the rush-hour freeway gridlock and eliminate the need for disruptive and expensive freeway widening. I get on the northbound 101 at San Ysidro (where it is still only two lanes) nearly every weekday between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and never encounter any gridlock. I go home from downtown on the freeway at 6:30 p.m. or later most days and never encounter any gridlock. Common sense never seems to prevail …