Ballantyne to Uptown (avoiding Rea's single lane)

Hi all,

I've finally moved to Charlotte and I'm renting at the corner of Lancaster and Ballanytyne Commons Pkwy. I have found a good route to get around the bottle neck at Rea, and connect to Colony.

Morning into Town:

Ballanytyne Commons Pkwy to Rea
Rea to Bevington
Weave through back roads to Willow Point
Willow Point into the Arboretum Mall
At the light Cross onto Arboretum View
At the end of Arboretum View you can connect to Bon-Rea
Quick right onto Swans Run Rd
Left onto Rea
Right onto Windyrush Rd
Left onto Abbottswood Dr
Right onto Colony

Afternoon out of Town:

Colony to Abbostwood Dr
Follow the above out the back of the Arboretum Mall
Take Raintree Ln to Four Mile creek Rd
Four Mile Creed to Ballanytyne Cms Pkwy


In general Colony is fantastic, I just don't know why they didn't extent the bike lane the whole length? There are a couple of tight spots, one is between Fairview and Sharon heading into town. Any suggestions around this area. So far I've just been taking Colony to Queens on the way in, and on the way out taking back roads from Dilworth to Colony as suggested by another poster.

Regards,

Frank