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I don't know your specifics, but I just moved to the bay area from the RTP area, having lived there for the last 13 years. The worst commute my wife or I ever
by eitally 10y ago
I don't know your specifics, but I just moved to the bay area from the RTP area, having lived there for the last 13 years. The worst commute my wife or I ever had was when we lived in south-ish Cary and she had to drive to the Six Forks exit off 540... which still didn't take 30min. You definitely can't live within walking distance of any RTP offices (this was intentional), but you could bike -- lots of folks do. There are lots of great residential neighborhoods within 10-15min drive of any arbitrary part of RTP.
- chiph 10y agoHa! I used to do the opposite commute. Falls of Neuse & I-540 to Tryon Rd. & US-1. It was a minimum of 35 minutes, but more often 40-50 minutes. I used to listen to some of the MIT Open Courseware lectures during the drive until I realized I was paying more attention to it instead of my driving, and had to stop. One of the things that Raleigh & Wake County has really done well is create the network of greenway trails. If it works for you, it's entirely possible to use them to commute on a bike.
- eitally 10y agoYou're 100% right --> the commute westward on 540 (from N. Raleigh toward RTP) and the commute eastward on 40/440 (toward Raleigh) are much worse. It's even getting bad around the south side with all the growth around Garner the past few years. We lived in Cary & worked in RTP so didn't really ever have any commute problems.