Ok so i am doing a little contingency planning here. Hopefully i will be working out of our BH office and then we will live close by in an area that seems very suited to us.

I am however planning for Woodland Hills office and trying to figure out the best way that we can get back over the hills when we do want to go out. We are both young and obviously would want to go out clubbing etc in a new city, so living in Woodland Hills itself doesnt seem as though it offers much of that.

Questions:
The busses that run along Ventura Blvd from Studio City/Sherman Oaks etc, how long would that take in peak hour?

Is the Orange Metro line on the schedule it says or is it also delayed by traffic? I know it has a semi dedicated route.

What would a taxi from say Sherman Oaks to West Hollywood cost on a Saturday night?

Any other suggestions as to where to live so I can be within a 45min door to door public transport ride, and still be able to failry easliy get over the hills into Hollywood on weekends?