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Google Maps can usually give you a good accurate commute time (or range of commute times) if you use the typical traffic function -> Type in a route start/finish but instead of "Leave now", click the down arrow and select "Arrive by" or "Depart by" for different days of the week and it'll give you an estimate of commute times.
Would be nice if Google or Waze had road (not traffic or hazard) conditions - they might and I'm just clueless.
Like if they are icey or snow covered? That would be cool, but I suspect it would be something that will require autonomous car sensors to detect and report.
Google Maps can usually give you a good accurate commute time (or range of commute times) if you use the typical traffic function -> Type in a route start/finish but instead of "Leave now", click the down arrow and select "Arrive by" or "Depart by" for different days of the week and it'll give you an estimate of commute times.
I live in N Raleigh work in Morrisville/Cary (Weston and Evans). It's about a 18 mile trip and can take anywhere from 25 to 60 minutes in the morning and 45-90 minutes in the evening commute. As has been mentioned earlier in regards to this commute, Aviation can be a nightmare due to traffic light sync, Lake Crabtree, construction traffic related to new apartments. After MetLife went in traffic got at least twice as bad here.
I beleive there are plans to widen Aviation even over the lake but not until like 2022 or something like that. There is absolutely no environmental concern with widening over that polluted lake, they need to do it NOW!
West Cary to RTP - 10 miles, ~20 minutes max (8:30AM and 4:30-5 PM) unless there are ice problems or wrecks. If I am stuck late and leave between 5 and 6:30, it can take longer to get out of the park. During the day, I can be home for lunch in 13 minutes.
North Raleigh to RTP, 13 miles, about 25 minutes, after rush hour.
Whether traffic is "bad" is ENTIRELY dependent on where you are comparing it to. It has gotten decidedly heavier in the past few years, but if you come from a city known for being a traffic nightmare, you may find it nothing to blink it. It's a very relative term.
Live in south Durham, work in north Raleigh, 25 miles distance, about a half hour each way BUT I come in and leave somewhat earlier than the usual rush hour (usually at work before 8:30 and leave by 4:30), so that helps. As does using 540 rather than 440 to get connect to 40. I can also access 70 for the "back roads" if I hear 40 is too crowded either way. Generally, the less time I can spend on 40, the better the drive it is for me.
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