Birkdale Village to BofA (via Expressway)? (Charlotte, Matthews: new home, places to live, bus)

[GeekyKestrel]

We are selling our house in Matthews so my husband’s commute to the BofA Tower is shortened or at least consistent. It runs 22 minutes to 1.5 hours now, depending on traffic. I love Birkdale Village. Did the commuter traffic improve when the toll road went in? During mid-day, it’s about 20 minutes. What is it like at 7am? 4pm?
Thanks!

[The QC]

I think it has improved some. Of course, there are still delays. I have traveled it some in rush hour conditions. I think it is around 45 mi utes to Birkdale.

[VT'ah]

avoid the commute. not the best but not the most horrible either.

[Arthur McAlister]

During rush hours, it is 35 to 45 minutes to uptown. After 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, it is 20 to 25 normally. The fast lane has improved the situation and made it possible to usually get around miles long back ups. I would definitely opt for Birkdale. You can also ride the bus into town.

[wevie]

Originally Posted by GeekyKestrel

We are selling our house in Matthews so my husband’s commute to the BofA Tower is shortened or at least consistent. It runs 22 minutes to 1.5 hours now, depending on traffic. I love Birkdale Village. Did the commuter traffic improve when the toll road went in? During mid-day, it’s about 20 minutes. What is it like at 7am? 4pm?
Thanks!

Before COVID hit, it was a minimum of 50 minutes for me in Mooresville and I'm off exit 31 (so only 6 miles from Birkdale's exit 25). It's taken as much as over two hours when an accident happens and can easily be over an hour.



With that said, asking now won't really help you get a good gauge of it considering most of Uptown Charlotte is still working from home. I expect it to be even worse once we go back to the office because there's been non stop building of new homes over the last two years.



If he plans to spend a small fortune using the toll lanes every day, sure, it wont be bad but if he doesn't, it's going to suck. The toll lanes didn't really help much since there's very few that use them.



At this point, I don't know that there's very many good places to live for an easy commute to uptown.

[Charlotteborn]

Took me 45 minutes from Davidson to downtown yesterday at 3:00 p.m. I-77 was a nightmare. Cannot imagine doing that every day.

[wevie]

Originally Posted by Charlotteborn

Took me 45 minutes from Davidson to downtown yesterday at 3:00 p.m. I-77 was a nightmare. Cannot imagine doing that every day.

It sucks and will only continue to get worse. After working from home since last March, it's really got me rethinking this non sense commute. I wish these Charlotte companies would change their stance on working from home but they aren't so far because "we're more productive when co-located." My team is spread across the country or in different buildings anyway


I seriously get more done at home in less time