Another option would be not to drive but instead take the Metro Red Line subway, which has a station at Hollywood/Highland, literally across the street from where Kimmel tapes.
There are park/ride lots at Universal City Station (one stop away) and North Hollywood Station (two stops away). The Red Line runs every ten minutes during rush hour, which would give you plenty of trip choices to make it to the theatre well before 5:00pm. Fare is $1.50 each way; you need to buy your ticket from the vending machine before crossing the turnstiles. From the two aforementioned stations, you need to take the train heading for "Union Station" to get to Hollywood. Red Line timetable: http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/802.pdf (I know the schedule is dated December 2010 ... we don't change the subway schedule very often) If you also want to avoid traffic to/from Television City (and parking) for the SCG taping, Metro Line 780 is a fast connection between Hollywood/Highland Station and Fairfax/Melrose: http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/780.pdf Fare is $1.50 per trip, exact change required. 780 is a Rapid line which means it only stops at major cross-streets instead of every couple of blocks ... Fairfax/Melrose is only four stops away via that line. (Bus destination sign is to "Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub"; stop is literally in front of the subway station entrance on Hollywood.) KMR On Sep 29, 8:46 pm, "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seriously, Hollywood Blvd is packed that time of day. Depending on > where you are coming from there are side streets that usually work > better than freeways. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en