25 Hours A Week On The Road: The Reality Of Northern California Super Commuting

CBS Bay Area

June 22, 2026

Commuting for work is part of life for so many families, and in the Northern California area, driving for hours daily is becoming more and more common. It's called super commuting.

Starting up the car is a sound Lee Sartain knows all too well. The small business owner of Ace High Concrete Supply lives in El Dorado Hills and spends around 25 hours on the road weekly. Within a month of getting his new pick-up truck, he's already put 7,000 miles on it, as a majority of his clients are in the Bay Area.

"If I don't do this for my business, I'm not going to survive," Sartain said. "If I didn't get on the road and do what I do, my business wouldn't be in the position that it's in. To be completely honest with you, I've tried not being on the road. I've tried taking a break and that's where I see a decline in sales."

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